Mamane Barka Explained

Birth Name:Malam Mamane Barka
Birth Date:1958/1959
Birth Place:Tesker, Niger
Death Place:Niamey, Niger
Instrument:Biram, Ngurumi
Label:World Music Network
Occupation:Musician

Malam Mamane Barka (1958/1959 – 21 November 2018) was a Nigerien musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram.[1] He died on 21 November 2018, aged 59.[2]

Biography

Malam Mamane Barka was born in 1958 or 1959 in Tesker, a town in the east of the then autonomous republic of Niger. He came from the nomadic people of Toubou. As a player of the Ngurumi, a two-string plucked instrument, he gained popularity in his homeland and neighboring Nigeria. In 2002 he decided to devote himself to the study of Biram. It is a five-stringed instrument used by the Boudouma, a fishing community on Lake Chad, for traditional songs.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sole. Deanne. Mamane Barka: Introducing Mamane Barka. Pop Matters. 4 February 2018. 18 May 2009.
  2. Web site: Décès du musicien Mamane Mallam Barka ce mercredi à Niamey. aniamey.com. French. 26 November 2018.