Sidiki Diabaté

Malian musician

Sidiki Diabaté
Diabaté in 2016
Background information
Born	1992 (age 31–32) Bamako, Mali

Musical artist

Sidiki Diabaté is a Malian kora player, singer, and music producer born in 1992 in Bamako. He is the son of kora player Toumani Diabaté and grandson of his namesake, Sidiki Diabaté.^[1]^[2] Diabaté belongs to the 77th generation of musicians in a long family tradition of griots, his family being primarily kora players. His father's cousin Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a griot family. His uncle Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté is also a kora player.

Diabaté was arrested on 24 September 2020 on the count of assault of an ex-girlfriend.^[3]

Discography

Toumani & Sidiki, with Toumani Diabaté (2014)
Diabateba Music, Vol. 1 (2016)
Lamomali, with -M- (2017)
Béni (2019)

References

^ "Soundtrack to my life: Afro-pop star Sidiki Diabate's journey through adversity and joy". The National (Abu Dhabi). 2 July 2018.
^ "Toumani Diabaté and Sidiki Diabaté: Toumani & Sidiki review – virtuoso, upbeat kora duets". The Guardian. 1 May 2014.
^ "Arrêté depuis lundi : Sidiki Diabaté est sous mandat de dépôt – Lequotidien – Journal d'information Générale". Lequotidien.sn. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2021.