Biography
Habib Koité (Bambara: ߤߊߓߌߓ ߞߎߥߊߕߍ, romanized: Habib Kuwatɛ, born 1958 in Thiès, Senegal) is a Senegalian-born Malian musician, singer, songwriter and griot based in Mali. His band, Bamada, was a supergroup of West African musicians, which included Kélétigui Diabaté on balafon. Coming from a noble lineage of Khassonké griots, Koité is known for developing a distinctive guitar style that blends traditional Malian musical forms with elements of blues and Afro-Cuban music, while maintaining strong roots in Mali’s regional rhythms and cultural traditions.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
83 releases · 25 albums · active 1995–2025
- Performance · 213
- Other credits · 32
- Production · 14
Studios: Studio Caraïbes · The Sound Factory · Real World Studios · Repute Records Stockholm
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Habib Koité & Bamada
- Eric Bibb
- Boubacar Traoré
- Afel Bocoum
- Bonnie Raitt
- Bassekou Kouyate