Mamane Barka
Mamane Barka | |
|---|---|
| Malam Mamane Barka playing an ngurmi African lute. Malam Mamane Barka playing an ngurmi African lute. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Malam Mamane Barka 1958/1959 |
| Died | (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instruments | Biram, Ngurumi |
| Labels | World Music Network |
Malam Mamane Barka (1958/1959 – 21 November 2018) was a Nigerien musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram African harp.[1] He died on 21 November 2018, aged 59.[2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Malam Mamane Barka was born in 1958 or 1959 in Tesker, a town in the east of the then autonomous republic of Niger. He came from the nomadic people of Toubou. As a player of the Ngurumi, a two-string plucked instrument, he gained popularity in his homeland and neighboring Nigeria. In 2002 he decided to devote himself to the study of Biram. It is a five-stringed instrument used by the Boudouma people, a fishing community on Lake Chad, for traditional songs.[1][3]
References
[edit | edit source]
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Bio on Mamane Barka included in his compact disc from World Music Network. Includes mention of performances on world stage at WOMAD.
- Mamane Barka discography at Discogs
- Mamane Barka at AllMusic
- Video. Mamane Barka performing with his harp.
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
