Ama Maïga's lyrics & chords

Ama Maïga's two releases, the 45rpm Ama Maïga et les Almamy du Melodie Volta & the album Une Fleche Malienne showcase the works of one the first practitioners of fusion between traditional Malian kora sounds & modern African pop. Ama was called ‘the Malian arrow’. The song "Deny Tologuelen" is a masterpiece of modern African music. The 45 was recorded in Upper Volta, Burkina-Faso in 1975. Ama recorded the one-off Une Fleche Malienne in Paris with a crew of session musicians. He then dropped off the map, never to be heard from again. On U...read more