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| 1976 |
Mory
Kanté was awarded the Voix d’Or ('Golden
Voice') trophy in Nigeria. |
| 1985 |
Mory
Kanté participated in the Tam Tam For Ethiopia
project (organised by Manu Dibango) in Paris, alongside
thirty other African artists. |
| 1986 |
The
album 10 Kola Nuts was hailed by the critics
and nominated for the French Victoires De La Musique. |
| 1988 |
Yéké
Yéké was number one on the Pan-European
charts in Billboard magazine (USA). After it had been
re-recorded for the album Akwaba Beach, sales
soared to more than a million singles and half a million
albums. |
| 1990 |
Mory
Kanté represented France alongside Khaled on
14 July, French Bastille Day in Central Park in front
of tens of thousands of New Yorkers.
The
album Touma (The Moment) achieved gold status
in France. |
| 1991 |
Mory
Kanté presented his Symphony of Guinea,
interpreted by one hundred and thirty griot musicians
(both male and female), for the inaugural ceremony for
the Grande Arche De La Défence in Paris. |
| 1994 |
Mory
Kanté was awarded the Griot d’Or in Paris.
He
was also awarded the Prix Kilimandjaro by Africa No.1
(the ‘number one’ Franco-African radio station
in France). |
| 1998 |
Canal
France International chose the title song from Tatebola,
for the signature tune for the Mundial 1998. |
| 2000 |
A
remix of ‘Yéké Yéké’
was included in the Hollywood film The Beach,
staring Leonardo Di Caprio.
In
December, Mory Kanté was invited to the Vatican
to participate in the festivities of the Pope’s
jubilee |
| 2001 |
On
16 October, World Food Day, Mory Kanté was appointed
F.A.O. (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United
Nations) Ambassador. This program was initiated in 1999
with the main purpose of attracting public and media
attention to the fact that almost 800 million people
are suffering from chronic hunger and malnutrition.
Each F.A.O. Ambassador has made a personal and professional
commitment to this situation. In June 2002, Mory attended
the World Food Summit: Five Years Later and spoke extensively
about his role as an ambassador during a press conference.
In July 2003, Mory dedicated a concert to F.A.O. at
the Imatra Festival in Finland. Mory also performed
in the first ever TELEFOOD festival in Johannesburg,
South Africa and participated as the narrator in a special
TV show about the Ambassador program that was broadcast
in over 188 countries.
http://www.fao.org/wfd/ambas/amb/kante_en.htm
The
album Tamala (Le Voyaguer) was number one in
the World Music Charts of Europe for October and November.
In
November, Mory Kanté was awarded the Pan African
Broadcast Heritage & Achievement Awards (PABHA)
for ‘Best Male Performer’ award. |
| 2003 |
Mory
Kanté was invited to perform in Robin Island
prison, South Africa in commemoration of the years that
Nelson Mandela had spent incarcerated there. |
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