Fatoumata DiawaraEvery podcast appearance, updated as new ones drop

La Nouveauté Musique du jour sur Wave Radio : Ti Love de David Walters feat Fatoumata Diawara , titre éponyme du 6e album de l'artiste martiniquais sorti le 30 janvier chez Heavenly Sweetness Records et qu'il présente en live, c'est le Ti Love Tour en Europe et France !

In Mali, where Fatoumata Diawara was raised, it is common for women to sing, but much rarer for women to play an instrument. As a result, Fatoumata—who is one of the first, if not the first woman guitarist in all of Mali—has developed a self-taught, intuitive guitar playing style that is entirely her own. “This way of playing, it's me,” says Fatoumata. “It represents my fight as a musician, as an African, and as a lady on stage.” In this episode of Object of Sound, Fatoumata talks to Hanif about how she discovered her calling as a musician, and the exciting ways that she is fusing the traditional music of her homeland with Western influences on her third studio album, out next year. Hanif closes the episode with a selection of blues and folk music from Mali. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode, head over to radio.sonos.com . Music In This Week’s Episode: Kalan - Fatoumata Diawara Bassemory - Mamou Sidibé Lalla - Tinariwen Kuma - Salif Keita Sabali - Amadou & Mariam Sarama - Oumou Sangaré Tongo Barra - Vieux Farka Touré, Khruangbin Credits: This show is produced by work by work : Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, Kathleen Ottinger, Rhiannon Corby, and by Hanif Abdurraqib. The show is mixed by Sam Bair. Extra gratitude to Joe Dawson and Saidah Blount at Sonos.

Dennis Inkwa is one of Kenya's most talented yet uncelebrated contemporary poets. Dennis and I started out in the Kenyan poetry writing and performance scene circa 2006 and even formed a collective called Mstari wa Nne together with Grand Master Masese, Leon Kiptum and Michael Kwambo. He joined me to speak on his journey into poetry, how he's able to pluck his poetry even from Instagram posts and why politicians piss him off. Also featured are the musicians Fatoumata Diawara and Dan Chizi Aceda