Skip to content

Griots are the guardians of tradition in Bamana society in Mali. I am very proud to carry on that tradition.

— Bassekou Kouyaté

Another quote →

More quotes by Bassekou Kouyaté

Music should be one thing and politics another.

Music is a big school and every day you hear something you haven’t before so it’s very important to play with other people from all different cultures.

Being a griot is like being a mayor. People come and ask for help, and as a griot it is your duty to help them.

I was the one who took the ngoni to an international level, using all this distortion, delay and wah-wah pedal sound effects, to make it modern and international, so that it would reach a younger generation.

All Bassekou Kouyaté quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Bassekou Kouyaté (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.