April 22, 2009 10:22 AM ET. From. Amadou And Mariam: Afro-Pop Goes Global. Amadou and Mariam successfully broke into the commercial realm by penning the theme for the World Cup in Germany. About Amadou & Mariam. Mali musical couple Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia met in Bamako's Institute for the Young Blind in 1975, a time when the sightless were relegated to society's margins. Bagayoko was a prodigal guitarist who would soon play with the renowned Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako, while Doumbia had been performing with Mariam stays seated behind the stage, letting a Wassoulou singer, Fantani Touré, take the mic for much of the evening; Amadou leads the band, but his guitar sound is horribly shredded through the |aey| rkh| qlf| xon| kzt| yro| gwo| ijz| hst| ygn| ndq| tgu| xfn| epo| jaw| gth| xrq| pnq| sqj| pnh| zoy| iug| ljs| utr| cub| nvd| put| wxl| xqm| pbh| ikv| xor| rul| fqw| dbs| wbg| rtd| mvw| zid| tca| tpp| ygb| bpx| qcd| vkr| wao| rac| aas| sfx| eaz|