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Idrissa Soumaoro
Idrissa Soumaoro was born in 1949 in Ouéléssébougou, a small town 75 km south of Bamako in Mali. During his school holidays in Bamako, the young rural boy discovered and was charmed by instruments such as the harmonica, the flute and the timbo.
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Back in the village after his holidays, he borrowed his brother-in-law's guitar and tuned it to the sound of the n'goni. Between the ages of fifteen and sixteen, Idrissa formed his first group, Djitoumou-Jazz de Ouéléssédougou.
In 1968 he entered the Institut National des Arts in Bamako and during his studies he recorded songs for ORTM Télévision nationale.
It was during this period that he wrote his song 'Ancien combattant', which was later covered by the Congolese artist Zao. After graduating from the National Arts Institute in Bamako, he became a teacher in Diré, then in Bamako.
A teacher by day and an artist by night, Idrissa continued to perform on various music stages, eventually joining the Ambassadeurs du Motel alo