TOUMARO by HAWA & KASSE MADY DIABATE

Kasse Mady Diabate was a Malian singer, musician and griot. His soft and particular voice with deep undertones - an atypical characteristic for a griot - earned him the nickname "The golden voice of Mali". Kasse Mady sadly passed suddenly in 2018, while recording the album. To honour her fathers legacy, his daughter Hawa Kasse Mady Diabaté, decided to finish the work her father had started. A tribute at the same time his heritage, and a way to unite spiritually. This is the result. Hawa is also the singer of the famous Trio Da Kali. The other two Trio Da Kali members, Lassana Diabate and Madou Kouyate are also performing on TOUMARO together with a carefully selected a line up, including Hawa’s son, Lassana (Lassine) Kouyate who plays the guitar in the same style his grandfather did.

Tracklist

1.	SOZANI	3:47

2.	KASSE MORO	3:33

3.	SIMBO	4:08

4.	FOGNANA KOUMA	4:49

5.	KEME BOURAMA	4:46

6.	NIAGALEBA	4:41

7.	KAIRA	5:04

8.	KASSE DYA	4:53

9.	MANDE DJALI	4:24

10.	LABAN DJORO	3:04

11.	TOUMARO	4:08

Credits

released May 30, 2025

MUSIC & TEXTS Kasse Mady Diabaté ( ), Hawa Kasse Mady Diabaté (*), Kasse Mady Diabaté & Hawa Kasse Mady
Diabaté (**). LINE UP Kasse Mady Diabaté Vocal, Hawa Kasse Mady Diabaté Vocal, Lassine Kouyate Acoustic Guitar,
Gausou Kouyate Acoustic Guitar, Lassana Diabaté Balafon, Zoumana Diawara Kamale N’Goni, Mamadou Dit Fode
Kouyate Djeli N’Goni, Mamadou Koné Djembe & Calabash, Karim Coulibali Dundun Superposé, Yacouba Sissoko
N’Goni Bass.PRE-PRODUCED by Kasse Mady Diabaté. PRE-ARRANGED by Kasse Mady Diabaté, Lassana Diabaté,
Yacouba Sissoko & Gausou Kouyate. ORIGINAL RECORDINGS by Yaya Diarra at STUDIO BOGOLAN, Bamako, Mali in
2018.ADDITIONAL RECORDINGS by Madou Kouyate at MBK Studio, Bamako, Mali in 2023. POST-ARRANGED, MIXED
& PRE-MASTERED by Madou Kouyate. POST-PRODUCED by Ibrahim Kaba, K’MAM Productions, Mali & Carolina
Vallejo, One World Records. CD MASTERED by Madou Kouyate. VINYL MASTERED by Tom Leader. EDIT Carolina
Vallejo. COVER PHOTO Lucy Durán. COVER ART Carolina Vallejo.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ibrahim Kaba ©℗One World Records 2025

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