| Intro | (Ségou, 1938) Malian singer and musician |
| Is |
Singer Poet |
| From | Mali |
| Type |
Literature Music |
| Gender | female |
| Birth |
Ségou |
Fanta Damba (born in 1938 in Ségou) is a Malian jalimuso (Bambara female Griot-singer) known to her fans as La Grande Vedette Malienne. She began singing as a child, growing up in a family of musicians. She began recording in her early twenties with Radio Mali. In 1975, she became the first jalimuso to tour Europe solo. She retired from as a performer in 1985.
Discography
- Première anthologie de la Musique malienne, volume 6. La tradition épique (1971), Bärenreiter-Musicaphon – LP
- La grande vedette malienne (1975), Songhoï Records – LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
- Hamet (1975), Songhoï Records – LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
- Ousmane Camara (1975), Songhoï Records – LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
- Sékou Semega (1977), Songhoï Records – LP avec Batourou Sekou Kouyaté
- Bahamadou Simogo (1980), Celluloid – LP
- Fanta Damba (1981), Sonodisc – LP
- Fanta Damba (1982), Sako Production – LP
- Fanta Damba (1983), Sako Production – LP
- Fanta Damba (1985), Disques Esperance – LP
- Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 1 (2002), Bolibana – CD
- Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 2 (2002), Bolibana – CD
- Fanta Damba du Mali Vol. 3 (2002), Bolibana – CD