Soro
by Salif Keita
- Type: Album
- Released: 1987
- Label: Stern's Africa
- Country: Mali
- Length: 38:07
- Community rating: 3.46/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Marking a massive breakthrough for African music in Western markets, 'Soro' brilliantly fuses traditional Mande vocal styling with cutting-edge Parisian studio technology. Keita's soaring, Islamic-influenced singing is expertly paired with complex synthesizer programming and slick funk arrangements, modernizing griot traditions for the global stage.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, islamic
Tracklist
- Wamba (4:45)
- Soro (Afriki) (9:50)
- Souareba (4:40)
- Sina (Soumbouya) (4:49)
- Cono (6:01)
- Sanni Kagniba (7:58)
Credits
- Salif Keita - primary artist, chorus, lead vocals, composed by, written-by
- Ibrahima Ba - bass
- Michel Alibo - bass
- Djene Doumbouya - chorus
- Douglas Mbida - chorus
- Georges Seba - chorus
- Marylou Seba - chorus
- Nayanka Bell - chorus