Aged 70, he died on Friday of a long illness.Guinean singer and musician Mory Kanté, known for the global hit "Yéké yéké" in the 1980s, died of a long illness Friday at the age of 70 in a hospital in Conakry, his son Balla Kanté announced to an AFP correspondent.
Mory Kanté, nicknamed the "electric griot", helped popularize African and Guinean music around the world.
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Guinean singer and musician Mory Kanté, known for the global hit "Yéké yéké" in the 1980s, died of a long illness Friday at the age of 70 in a hospital in Conakry, his son Balla Kanté announced to an AFP correspondent.
Mory Kanté, nicknamed the "electric griot", helped popularize African and Guinean music around the world.