#yamore

Cesaria Evora & Salif Keita "Yamore"

oradan doğar..

Morna is widely considered the national music of Cape Verde, as is the fado for Portugal, the tango for Argentina, the merengue for Dominican Republic, the rumba for Cuba, and so on. The best internationally known morna singer was Cesária Évora. Morna and other genres of Cape Verdeanmusic are also played in Cape ...

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#ILikeIt : "Yamore" by Salif Keita, Cesaria Evora https://ift.tt/1fbH8Ki

#yamore by the great Salif Keita. The first time I heard the entrancing sounds of Yamore was in Paris-France, at the house of my school friend from Mali. I was roughly 10 years old or so, and I was invited to share an #iftar meal at her place, (or the 1st meal taken after the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan). Then, I wasn't aware of faith except when my grand-mother clad me in my Sunday's best, and had sitting in the front pew at our nearest presbiterian church. I was also blissfully unaware that my friend and her family were Malian or for that matter, that they were Black. She had a smooth onix skin tone, very soft and shiny hair whereas mine were coarser, she wore cornrows with beads like me sometimes and her mother looked like a painting of an Ancient Moorish woman I saw once at a museum. At 10, I just loved visiting my friend and enjoyed her family eating habits. The day I heard Salif Keita for the first time, there was a humongous plate of rice with meat on the floor. We all sat on the floor and everyone was eating together (in that huge bowl) with their hands. I thought it was fun. I understood later that it was a traditional custom and show of appreciation to share food with strangers and eat it in the same bowl. I discovered later that my friend was a Malian Tuareg from the same tribe as the #tinariwen. At 10, the music of Salif Keita was mesmerising because it was unique but not too far removed from what I was accustomed to at home. I got to hear him again at home and on TV as he became the symbol of "world music" or music that was so transcendent in its substance that it crossed over cultures and time.... The fact that he is an albino wasnt what stood out about him and actually, as far as I remember, nobody really cared. His music was and still is intemporal. As an adult I listen to his music when I think about travelling and discovering foreign places. Try to listen to his duet with #Cesaria Evora, the legendary Capo Verdean jazz singer. Of note, Salif Keita is the member of one of the oldest traceable African royal family of the 12th century Mali empire whose member include Sunjata Keita.

Cheers mi amore 🍺🚬