Mamane Barka - Wikipedia
WEBMalam Mamane Barka (1958/1959 – 21 November 2018) was a Nigerien musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram. He died on 21 November 2018, aged 59. Biography. Malam Mamane Barka was born in 1958 or 1959 in Tesker, a town in the east of the then autonomous republic of Niger.
Obituary: Mamane Barka – The Last Master Of The Biram
WEBMamane Malam Barka, Niger’s last master of the biram, has died this morning after a long battle with illness. A well-known musician in Niger, Mamane Barka takes with him a legacy of reviving the spirit of the biram, the five-string harp native to the Boudouma tribe of fishing nomads living by Lake Tchad in Niger.
Mamane Barka, The Last Master of the Biram - YouTube
WEBMay 24, 2009 · Mamane Barka recorded on my mobile phone as part of his performance in the Siam Tent at WOMAD Charlton Park 2008. It was his first time playing in the UK ht...
Mamane Barka: Introducing Mamane Barka - PopMatters
WEBApr 21, 2009 · Mamane Barka started his professional life as a teenage schoolteacher, then a teenage headmaster — he was sixteen — then a musician, a player of a two-stringed, skinny-necked, banjo-like,...
Mamane Barka music, videos, stats, and photos - Last.fm
WEBApr 19, 2009 · Malam Maman Barka (Tesker, Niger, 1959 – 21 November 2018) was a Nigerien musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram, a five-stringed harp-like instrument used by the Boudouma, a fishing community on Lake Chad, for traditional songs. Malam Mamane Barka was born … read more.
Mamane Barka - Introducing Mamane Barka - Amazon.com Music
WEBMar 3, 2009 · Mamane Barka, from Niger, plays an old and rare musical instrument on this album - the biram, a five-string harp. So rare is the instrument, that Mamane Barka, who learnt from an old master (now deceased), was effectively the only master of the instrument alive.
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Mamane Barka (live at The Smugglers Sessions) 13-11-10 Part …
WEBNov 13, 2010 · Smugglers Records present Mamane Barka live as part of The Smuggler Sessions. 13th November 2010. The Astor Theatre, Deal, Kent, UK Malam Mamane Barka is so far the only master of the Biram...
Wells Bring Hope The Last Master: Malam Mamane Barka
WEBMay 18, 2020 · In 2002, he was awarded a UNESCO scholarship to travel to Lake Chad to pursue the study of the biram with the world’s last remaining biram master, Boukar Tar. The aging master had all but given up hope for preserving this ancient art, but Mamane Barka rescued it from oblivion.
Mamane Barka - Discogs
WEBMamane Barka (1959 – 21 November 2018) was a Nigerien musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram. He died on 21 November 2018, aged 59. Malam Mamane Barka was born in 1959 in Tesker, a town in the east of the then autonomous republic of Niger.
Mamane Barka (1959-2018) - Access All Areas
WEBMamane Barka (1959-2018) 30th January 2019. Obituary. In 2002 Mamane Barka embarked on a mission to learn the secrets of the biram, an ancient instrument played by the Boudouma tribe living on the shores of Lake Chad in Niger.