Kade Diawara

Hadja Kadé Diawara with her first name also written as 'Kadè', 'Khady' or 'Kadet' (Sangbarala, ca. 1940[1] – Conakry, 24 April 2020[2]) was a female Guinean singer.

In her home country she was known as "archangel of the mandingo music". She was awarded the Médaille d'honneur du travail (1967), Médaille du Mérite Culturel (2010) and became officier in the Ordre National du Mérite (2011).[3]

Diawara started singing when she was young and performed together with her brother.[4] According to herself she joined the Ensemble Instrumental National de Guinée as the choir singer-soloist. She performed with the ensemble worldwide. From 2000 she continued alone as soloist.[5]

Some of her songs are in The Syliphone Archive, a collection of Guinean songs recorded between 1960 and 1990. The collection was published online through the British Library in 2019.[6]

She died on 24 April 2020 in Conakry, aged 76 or 80.[1]

References
  1. Most news papers states she was 80 years old when she died. According to Avis de décès of 24 April 2020 of Ministère des Sports, de la Culture et du Patrimoine Historique van de Republique de Guinée she was 76 when she died. ("Obsèques de la vedette Kadè Diawara dimanche "dans la stricte intimité" (Communiqué)". GUINEE114. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.)
  2. "Page noire: "l'Archange du Mandingue" Hadja Kadé Diawara, tire sa révérence après 53 ans règne". GUINEE24. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. Jean Baptiste Williams (25 April 2020). "Kadé Diawara, l'archange retourne au royaume céleste". GUINEE7. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  4. Justin Morel (9 September 2019). [guineeconakry.online/2019/09/09/kade-diawara-la-voix-legendaire-de-larchange-du-manding/ "Kade Diawara : La voix légendaire de " l'archange du Manding ""] Check |url= value (help). GuineeConakry.Online. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  5. Abdoul Ly (17 December 2019). "Que sont-ils devenus ? Dans les méandres du parcours de Hadja Khady de l'Ensemble Instrumental qui cherche un producteur pour son 3è opus". GuineeNews. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  6. Graeme Counsel. "A guide to The Syliphone Archive" (PDF). British Library. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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