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Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia met in 1970 at Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Amadou Bagayoko (1954-2025), iconic Malian guitarist, singer and composer of the famed duo Amadou & Mariam – known as “the blind couple of Mali” – passed away on 4 April in Bamako.

Friends, relatives, fans and fellow artists flocked to the ceremony in the capital, Bamako - including musician Salif Keita and former prime minister Moussa Mara. One of the most successful ...

The 12th edition of the Togo International Festival of Fashion (FIMO) was held recently at the Onomo Hotel in Lome on April 4. Togo is a West African country bordered by Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Benin ...

He and Ms. Doumbia lived in Bamako. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Amadou & Mariam was regularly described as the new century’s most successful African musical act. Mr. Bagayoko, who grew up ...

Bagayoko died in the city of Bamako, his birthplace. His stepson Youssouf Fadiga told AFP news agency the musician “had been ill for a while” but did not specify what the ailment was.

Mali’s Minister of Culture Mamou Daffé said on state TV that Bagayoko died Friday in the city of Bamako, his birthplace. Bagayoko’s family confirmed the death, adding that he “had been ill ...

Reform UK councillors will campaign to stop Britain using migrant hotels if elected in the upcoming Local Elections, Lee Anderson has confirmed to GB News. Labour, who claimed to have a "serious plan" ...