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Mamman Sani

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UMamman Sani Abdoulaye yimvumi yaseNigerien-Ghana. Waqala ukurekhoda umculo wakhe we-electronic organ kwi-1978 kodwa yahlala ingabonakali kwaye ingabonakali kude kube yi-2013.[1] Uthathwa njengovulindlela wokuqala womculo we-synth eNiger.[2] USani wafumana udumo olungalindelekanga eDenmark, ebonakala rhoqo kuluhlu lokudlalwayo lweebar zaseCopenhagen.

Ngo-1952, uMamman Sani wazalelwa e-Accra kusapho olunelungelo. Utata wakhe, wemvelaphi yaseNiger, wayengunyana weKoloneli yeMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala. Umama kaSani wayengumGhana kunye nentombi yenkosi.[3][4] Ekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1950 usapho lwakhe lwafudukela eNiger, apho uyise waba lithala leencwadi kwiZiko lezeNkcubeko laseMelika, elamnika ukuvezwa kwezixhobo zenkcubeko kulo lonke ihlabathi.[1]

USani waqala ukudlala umculo ngo-1968. Wayengumqhubi we-Otis Redding, uJames Brown, kunye noPercy Sledge.[3] Emva kokuba ngutitshala wesiNgesi iminyaka ethile, wafumana umsebenzi njengegosa leUNESCO. Kwindima yakhe kwi-UNESCO, uSani waqala ukuhamba kumazwe ngamazwe.[4] Ngexesha lentlanganiso ye-UNESCO, uMamman wathenga i-Italian Orla organ yombane kumthunywa ovela eRwanda.[4][5]

Amava akhe obuchule bokuqala njengemvumi wayeqeshwe sisikhululo sikamabonakude wesizwe saseNiger ukuba aqambe amakhredithi kunye nongenelelo kwimiboniso yabo.[3][6] Ngelo xesha, uSani wayesaqeshwe yiUNESCO.

Ngo-1978 warekhoda icwecwe lakhe lokuqala eNiger National Radio ngamathathi amabini. Yakhululwa njengothotho lweekhasethi ezilinganiselweyo.[4]

Kwi-2013, uChristopher Kirkley, imvumi yaseMelika kunye nomvelisi okhethekileyo kumculo weSahelian, ufumene urekhodo lukaMamman ngelixa wayekhangela kugcino lomculo lwemyuziyam yaseNiamey.[3] U-Kirkley uchaze ukuva umculo kaMamman: “Yayiyi-esoteric kwaye ingaqhelekanga, ngokungafaniyo nantoni na endakha ndayiva—ingoma yentelekelelo eya kumdlalo weqonga weekharavani zasentlango zihamba kumhlaba wobufundisi we-8-bit acacias kunye nesanti eyenziwe ngepixelized.”[2] Ngaloo nyaka uKirkley wakhulula ukurekhoda ngerekhodi yakhe yasePortland-based Sahel Sounds, njenge "La Musique Electronique du Niger".[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sunken Treasure: Mammane Sani Abdoulaye's 'La Musique Électronique du Niger'" The Irish Times (in English) retrieved 2023-03-18  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":0" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 "9 Albums That Will Change the Way You Think About African Music" Paste Magazine (in en-US) retrieved 2023-03-18  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 magazine, Le Point (2016-07-27) "Musique: Mamman Sani et son orgue ressortent des limbes du Niger" Le Point (in French) retrieved 2023-03-18  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":2" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Mamman Sani - Artist Page" Sahel Sounds (in en-US) retrieved 2023-03-18  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":3" defined multiple times with different content
  5. "Mamman Sani Abdoulaye Took Nigerien Music Into the Future" Bandcamp Daily 2022-05-26 retrieved 2023-03-18 
  6. "Sahel Sounds: Music From 21st-Century West Africa" Pitchfork (in English) 18 February 2016 retrieved 2023-03-18