Fodéba Keïta (January 19, 1921 in Siguiri – May 27, 1969 at Camp Boiro) was a Guinean dancer, musician, writer, playwright, composer and politician. Founder...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

and novelist[Gikandi] Keita Fodeba (1921–1969), actor, politician and writer[Jahn] Lansiné Kaba (1941–2023), historian Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969), poet and...

Two, Mouctar Diallo and Namory Keïta, died of starvation and dehydration only days after their arrest. Fodéba Keïta, former Minister of Defense, was...

growing increasingly popular in the Western world. Guinean musician Fodéba Keïta incorporated use of the djembe throughout the 1950s worldwide tour of...

back to Guinean poetry student, dancer, choreographer, and musician Fodéba Keïta. In France, in 1948, he founded a poetry group for Africans, which gradually...

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...