Rokia Traore
Rokia Traore
Rokia Traoréis a Victoires de la Musique award-winning Malian singer, songwriter and guitarist, born in Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group. Her father was a diplomat and she travelled widely in her youth. She visited such countries as Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France and Belgium and was exposed to a wide variety of influences. Her hometown of Kolokani is in the northwestern part of Mali's Koulikoro region...
NationalityMalian
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth26 January 1974
Rokia Traore quotes about
self-confidence needs mali
We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.
father years skills
I've been in contact with music since I was four or five years old through my father, because of the interest he had in music and all his musical skills. I finally managed to make that my profession.
dream mind singing
The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional musician come true is linked probably to the fact that I traveled a lot, which gave me an open mind and an ability to push my limits.
dancing interesting singing
I can change the arrangements on stage while I am playing or singing, doing signs to the musicians to change things because the audience is dancing or singing with us. That's the interesting part of the live show, actually, because everything is possible and everything can change.
this-life happenings new-things
We're repeating the same things all the time; there aren't many new things happening in this life.
dream believe albums
For me, each time I'm on stage, each time I'm working on a new album, it's like a dream. I can't believe it's happening.
dream song writing
Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to do music.