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of things are happening regarding the look for example, natural hair is fashionable now. Depigmentation of the skin is increasingly doomed. Even the stars who do it are accused. In Mali, some stars have been criticized for these questionable practices. Young people told them you are our showcase, and you show a very bad example. This generation has stopped complaining. It acts.
Your most recent album is a live show called At Home with Roberto Fonseca released in 2015, how was the symbiosis made with Afro Cuban rhythms? A word about this experience?
No there is a new collaboration album that came out two weeks ago. Lamomali, by Matthieu Chedid. At home with Roberto Fonseca was, a very beautiful experience. I am committed on my own way, very calmly. A very strong experience for me because it was the first time, that Cuba went towards a typical African singer. So, I needed to give myself 100%, because the Cubans are our brothers who have travelled, and through the music we find ourselves. So, it was a very emotional experience very affectionate on stage. We're still performing we were in Kenya last year.
What about the opus with Matthieu Chedid, you were talking about?
Let's say that it was Matthew who wanted to join with Malian artists, because of the current situation in our country. A very complicated period of our history. We do not know what is happening in Mali even Malians do not understand what is wrong. We speak of the north, yet northerners themselves, suffer from this situation. There are rebels certainly, but they just make demands on the improvement of the zone, also in the south we can claim the improvement of the conditions of our region, but this Does not imply that we want a military presence there. The matter got complicated and it took on a scale that even the northerners do not understand. Many have fled to Bamako, or Niger, everywhere. The children do not go to school. Matthieu understood the subtlety of the situation, and wanted to wink at the Malian people. Until today in Timbuktu, music cannot be played So, we are in full promo. There is at least 35 dates
A question that always comes back and that
this summer with Toumani Diabaté, his son Sidiki and me. We are very grateful to Matthieu.
fans like. How your private life affects your artist life is there a link between the two? If yes which one?
It's mostly my past. And above all, being a woman affects a lot my artist life, my femininity affects my music a lot. As a woman, the things have not always been easy especially at the beginning. As a woman, I have so much to express. My son and my husband of course also help me to feel better, to express my art..
It's been a while since the public waits, for your new album. What can you tell your fans?
It’s happening, we just left the studio, by the end of the year you will hear from us.
And regarding movie what it is your actuality on that side?
For the moment, it is in standby. I made two films between the album Fatou and today, for now there are these collaborations, Roberto, Matthieu, this summer also I have a collaboration with Hindi Zahra. I did a lot of casting but now my album is the priority,
When closing this talk, do you have a special word to the public? Some big dates to remember in your agenda?
Dates are in Europe. the United States are not yet in the program. Maybe we will come to the United States next year, because we are on tour until October. Otherwise it will be with my second album. The dates are on my Facebook page and my site also http://www.fatoumatadiawara.com/ A word for the public. I love you, that love reigns. Let’s love one another , and give a chance to all the children of the earth.
Fatou Flashmag and its readers thank you for this interview. Good continuation.
Thank you and see you soon.
Interview by Hubert Marlin - Journalist