THE Amadou Bagagagowho had formed with his beloved the legendary twin of blind musicians Amadou & Mariamdied Friday in Bamako, at the age of 70, due to complications of illness, his family and Mali Minister of Culture made known.

The couple had a rather unexpected global success in 2004, with the album ‘Un Dimanche à Bamako’by producer Manu Chaowhile recording since 1980. Since then, their music has often been on radio waves and dance halls internationally.

At the beginning of September 2024, the couple musically accompanied the erasing of the Paralympic Flame in the Paris Games, interpreting a composition of Serge Gensburg, poem of poem Maul Berllen (“Je suis venu te direct que n vais”).

Amadou ‘He was sick for some time’, said his groom, the Yusuf Fandigaat the French Agency. Mali’s Minister of Culture, the Mummhe confirmed his death, expressing surprise.

“He felt great fatigue, he was decorated in a clinic. He died in the afternoon suddenly in Bamako »the guitar man’s manager and singer told AFP, Yanik Tardybased in France, after talking to Mariam on the phone.

Amadou left three children behind.

THE Amadou Bagagago and the Mariam Dubia They met in 1976 at the Bamako Blind Youth Institute. He was then 21 and 18 years old. That musician, that singer. The two had similar musical tastes.

Their recipe: Simple messages about everyday life, or society, with a background of persistent tunes based on traditional music bambarawith doses of rock, funk, electronic music. Amadou had baptized this cocktail “Afro-blues-rock”.

The couple from Mali began to become known in France in 1998, with the ‘Je Pense à toi’before she meets triumphant international success in 2004, with the album ‘Dimanche à bamako’. Following collaborations with Damon Albarne of Blur and of their Gorrilaz (2008), with the bands Coldplay (2009) and U2 (2011), charity nights with Stevie Wonder On the Ctregated Coast, with the David Gilmor (Pink Floyd) in London …

The couple also played in honor of Barack Obama When a prize was given to him Nobel in Oslo in 2009.

With over 1 million record sales, awards in France as well as BBC radio in Britain, as well as a nomination for Grams In 2010, Amadou & Mariam released in September with their best songs, entitled ‘La Vie Est Belle’.