N'Faly Kouyate

N'Faly Kouyate
Kouyate playing the kora with the Afro Celt Sound System, August 2007
Background information
Origin	Siguiri, Guinea
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, kora, balafon
Years active	1994–present

Website	https://nfaly.com

Musical artist

N'Faly Kouyate is a Guinean musician. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa. His father was the griot Konkoba Kabinet Kouyate, who lived in Siguiri, Guinea.^[1]

In 1994 Kouyate moved to Belgium and formed the ensemble Dunyakan (The Voice of the World). In 1997, he was invited to join the Afro Celt Sound System providing vocals, playing the kora, and balafon,^[2] collaborating with the others in the band to compose songs that blended music from Ireland with that of West African countries including his native Guinea.

References

^ "N'Faly Kouyate". African Musicians Profiles. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
^ Greenberg, Adam. "Review: Kora Grooves from West Africa". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

External links

N'Faly Kouyate article
Dunyakan site
Spinning around the source. Slumbering stories in and around Siguiri. Article by Rachel Laget based on anthropological field research. (www.xpeditions.eu)

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF WorldCat
National	Israel United States
Artists	MusicBrainz

v t e Afro Celt Sound System
Simon Emmerson James McNally N'Faly Kouyate Dav Daheley Martin Russell Babara Bangoura Jimmy Mahon Demba Barry Ian Markin Iarla Ó Lionáird
Studio albums	Volume 1: Sound Magic (1996) Volume 2: Release (1999) Volume 3: Further in Time (2001) Seed (2003) Volume 5: Anatomic (2005)
Remix albums	Pod (2004)
Singles	"When You're Falling"
Related articles	Magic and Mayhem