Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia met at an institute for young blind people in Bamako, Mali, and fell in love both musically and romantically. Following several years of performing and releasing cassettes in the their native West Africa, they went on to become stars of the international stage with a string of best selling albums including Dimanche à Bamako and Welcome to Mali. Their album 1990-1995: The Best of the African Years is a compilation of the music they recorded in Abidjan in the early years of their career.
Amadou and Mariam
Books
Away From the Light of Day
Inspiring autobiography of Amadou and Mariam and their early years in Mali.
‘Amadou and Mariam are set to become a phenomenon.’ – The Times