Fodéba Keïta (January 19, 1921 in Siguiri – May 27, 1969 at Camp Boiro) was a Guinean dancer, musician, writer, playwright, composer and politician. Founder...
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anthem of Guinea. Adopted upon independence in 1958, it was arranged by Fodéba Keïta and is based on the melody of a Maninka praise song by Korofo Moussa...
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to the attention of audiences outside West Africa with the efforts of Fodéba Keïta, who, in 1952, founded Les Ballets Africains. The ballet toured extensively...
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massacre. The movie was banned in France for over a decade. Guinean writer Fodéba Keïta wrote and staged the narrative poem Aube africaine ("African Dawn", 1957)...
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national anthem of Guinea since independence in 1958. It was arranged by Fodéba Keïta, based on the melody "Alfa yaya". Guinea's 10 million people belong to...
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growing increasingly popular in the Western world. Guinean musician Fodéba Keïta incorporated use of the djembe throughout the 1950s worldwide tour of...
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Two, Mouctar Diallo and Namory Keïta, died of starvation and dehydration only days after their arrest. Fodéba Keïta, former Minister of Defense, was...
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back to Guinean poetry student, dancer, choreographer, and musician Fodéba Keïta. In France, in 1948, he founded a poetry group for Africans, which gradually...
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Aoua Kéita (1912–1980, French Sudan/Mali, nf) Fatou Keïta (born 1969, Ivory Coast, ch/f) Fatoumata Keïta (born 1977, Mali, f/p/nf) Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969...
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and novelist[Gikandi] Keita Fodeba (1921–1969), actor, politician and writer[Jahn] Lansiné Kaba (1941–2023), historian Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969), poet and...
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