{"id":15444,"date":"2020-05-23T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T07:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=15444"},"modified":"2020-05-23T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T07:25:47","slug":"african-music-star-mory-kante-dies-aged-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/23\/african-music-star-mory-kante-dies-aged-70\/","title":{"rendered":"African Music star Mory Kant\u00e9 Dies Aged 70"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The singer Mory Kant\u00e9, who helped bring African music to world audiences with hits like Y\u00e9k\u00e9 Y\u00e9k\u00e9, has died in Guinea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kant\u00e9 died in hospital on Friday in the capital, Conakry, aged 70, his son Balla Kant\u00e9 told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His death was the result of untreated health problems, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He suffered from chronic illnesses and often travelled to France for treatment but that was no longer possible with the coronavirus,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We saw his condition deteriorate rapidly, but I was still surprised because he&#8217;d been through much worse times before.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in a famous family of &#8220;griots&#8221; &#8211; West African musicians and storytellers &#8211; he had been nicknamed &#8220;the electronic griot&#8221;, and was known as a distinguished player of kora &#8211; a West African harp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tributes were paid by fellow musicians on Friday, including Senegalese musician Youssou N&#8217;Dour who said he felt a huge void on learning of Kant\u00e9&#8217;s death and called the late singer &#8220;a baobab of African culture&#8221;.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-52774331#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/YoussouNdourSN\/status\/1263824939523756033\">Skip Twitter post by @YoussouNdourSN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoussouNdourSN\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoussouNdourSN\"><strong>YOUSSOU NDOUR<\/strong>@YoussouNdourSN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoussouNdourSN\/status\/1263824939523756033\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je viens d&#8217;apprendre avec consternation le rappel \u00e0 Dieu de mon fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9 et r\u00e9f\u00e9rence Ma\u00eetre Mory Kant\u00e9. Je ressens un \u00e9norme vide aujourd&#8217;hui avec le d\u00e9part de ce baobab de la Culture Africaine. Repose en paix. De ton Fr\u00e8re afflig\u00e9 Youssou Ndour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoussouNdourSN\/status\/1263824939523756033\/photo\/1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EYoCFZGXQAEA257?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" title=\"View image on Twitter\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=1263824939523756033\">1,708<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoussouNdourSN\/status\/1263824939523756033\"><time datetime=\"2020-05-22T13:32:00+0000\">4:32 PM &#8211; May 22, 2020<\/time><\/a>&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=place%3Ac5d6f8cac1a9be34\">Senegal<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175256\">Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoussouNdourSN\/status\/1263824939523756033\">634 people are talking about this<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\">Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End of Twitter post by @YoussouNdourSN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president of Guinea, Alpha Cond\u00e9, said on Twitter that African culture was in mourning. He thanked Kant\u00e9, saying his career had been &#8220;exceptional&#8221;.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-52774331#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/alphacondepresi\/status\/1263802488572071937\">Skip Twitter post by @alphacondepresi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alphacondepresi\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alphacondepresi\"><strong>Alpha COND\u00c9<\/strong>@alphacondepresi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alphacondepresi\/status\/1263802488572071937\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mory_Kant%C3%A9?src=hash\">#Mory_Kant\u00e9<\/a> La culture africaine est en deuil. Mes condol\u00e9ances les plus attrist\u00e9es&#8230;<br>Merci l&#8217;artiste. Un parcours exceptionnel. Exemplaire. Une fiert\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alphacondepresi\/status\/1263802488572071937\/photo\/1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/EYntqKHXgAIu0M1?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" title=\"View image on Twitter\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=1263802488572071937\">953<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alphacondepresi\/status\/1263802488572071937\"><time datetime=\"2020-05-22T12:02:48+0000\">3:02 PM &#8211; May 22, 2020<\/time><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175256\">Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alphacondepresi\/status\/1263802488572071937\">421 people are talking about this<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/contact-us\/editorial\">Report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End of Twitter post by @alphacondepresi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kant\u00e9 is the latest prominent African musician to pass away, after the recent deaths of Manu Dibango, Tony Allen and Idir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1226D\/production\/_105894347_grey_line-nc.png\" alt=\"Presentational grey line\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avant-garde musician &#8211; and humanitarian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Ata Ahli Ahebla, BBC African music presenter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mory Kant\u00e9 started music at the age of just seven, when he was sent to Mali to learn to play the kora harp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1970s, he joined Mali&#8217;s legendary group the Rail Band of Bamako and performed alongside Salif Keita and became the lead singer after Keita left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His international success came in 1988 when he released his album Akwaba Beach, which includes Y\u00e9k\u00e9 Y\u00e9k\u00e9. 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