A native of Mali, Bafing Kul sings about the problems and the suffering of his people, his continent and the entire world.
"YELEN" (The Light - La Lumière) is the title of his second album, which can be as a light, a way to help people to control their own destiny and to be free without being indifferent to others’s problems and suffering. Bafing Kul mixes his message of injustice, peace, and love with a soulful blend of traditional Malian rhythms and Reggae music. That’s what he named APPOLO REGGAE. With this album, Bafing Kul wants to share this cultural wealth with all the world.
Born in Bamako (Mali) in a noble family native of Segou, Bafing Kul, writer, composer, performer, chooses to concentrate on militant music derogating, thus, to the established traditions.
Early sensitive to the sufferings of girls employed in the families, he wrote "52" Bamako to denounce domestic slavery.
The singer is actively commited in the fight against female circumcision, a practice that still affects 80% of women in Mali and thousands around the world. This injustice between social and intimate, Bafing Kul denounces it in his album titles YELEN with the songs "Eh! Eh! Eh! Eh! "and" Little Girls From Africa ".
Since his arrival in France in 2002, he worked with the Commission for the Abolition of Sexual Mutilations (CAMS). With the support of this association he recorded his first album « Africa Paris ».
Influences
I called my music "APPOLO REGGAE". I am from Mali, and wanted to sing about problems and suffering of my people and my continent. How and then I realised that those problems and pains were the same in the rest of the world. Then I took from traditional rhythms from my country, as various as they could be, maried those rhythms to Reggae music, and called it "APPOLO REGGAE". I wish to share the cultural richness of Africa with the whole world, claiming for Justice, Human Rights Respect, Equality, Peace and Love, Self-Feeding Suffisance, Health and Education for every people on Earth.
PEACE AND LOVE
NEW ALBUM YELEN - LA LUMIERE - THE LIGHT
In this new album, "Yelen - La Lumière - The Light," Bafing Kul sings what everyone on earth deserves : justice, respect for human rights, equality, peace, love, food self-sufficiency, health, and education for everyone . Artist activist for Humanity, he commits himself with his music as only weapon against ignorance and religion fundamentalism. Recorded in Bamako, Paris and Abidjan, this new album "Yelen - La Lumière - The Light" includes 11 tracks about very current themes that touch worldwilde. After 4 years in France, he returned to Mali to record this second album, produced and mixed by Micael Sène, known especially for having worked with the Waillers, Alpha Blondy, Neg’ Maroons, TonTon David...
11 TRACKS CD
1- Eh ! eh! eh! !eh ! A sensitive song to denounce excision. 2- Yelema Yelema means "change": the change can not be done in corruption.Corruption is the disease of Africa, worse than malaria, famine, AIDS. Africa does not lack resources but sincere and committed leaders. 3- 4Love A call for love and understanding among peoples of the world. 4- B52 Denounces modern slavery of children 5- Onadon Dondola "Despite his gold and his power, no king is eternal »: A bad leader will not deceive the people all his life. 6- Enfants soldats Denounces the problem of Child soldier that still raging in the world today. 7- Kouma Praise to the floor so that finally be given to the youth and women. 8- Little Girls from Africa English version of Eh ! eh ! eh ! eh ! 9- Mariage forçé The problem of marriages is being done without the consent of girls is still current. This practice is an affront to the dignity and freedom of women 10- Iyooh ! Iyooh spoke of wars and their disastrous effects, and more particularly the one that gave El Hadji Oumar king of Macina, to convert the Bambara kingdom of Segou to Islam in the nineteenth century. 11- Balla Moussa Keïta The title pays homage to the actor, comedian and presenter, who all his life actively participated in the radiance of Malian culture. He played especially in one of the famous African film "Finye" (The Wind), of the Malian filmaker, Souleymane Cisse.
Background Song Playing Is: "IYOOH!"
(Bambara)
Bambara, or Bamanakan in the language itself, is a language in West Africa, mostly in Mali, where it is mother tongue of the Bambara people.
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