{"id":41565,"date":"2019-07-24T12:19:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T10:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/toure-kundas-debut-album-getting-reissued\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T11:15:50","slug":"toure-kunda-debut-album-reissued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/toure-kunda-debut-album-reissued\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour\u00e9 Kunda’s debut album getting reissued"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sixu Tidiane Tour\u00e9 and Ismail Tour\u00e9\u2019s Mandinka Dong<\/em> LP is coming out on September 16 via Secousse and Hot Mule Records.<\/h4>\n

Cr\u00e9dit photo : Audran Sarzier<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Released in 1979, self-financed by loans from friends and allies, Mandinka Dong – The Mandinke Dance – is the genesis of Tour\u00e9 Kunda, the cornerstone of the band\u2019s unique sound, at the crossroads of Disco, Funk, Pop, Reggae, Portuguese, Guinean, Cuban, Zairean, Mandinke and Soninke music.<\/p>\n

Back in 1977, Paris France. Two brothers freshly arrived from Casamance, the Senegalese \u2018Florida\u2019, are living the tough immigrant experience. \u2028 Their plan: becoming pop stars. A challenge so ambitious it sounds like science fiction at the time: Bob Marley, Fela Kuti and a handful of others artists have started making waves in the Western world , but the rise of the Pan-African sound is still at an early stage. The Tour\u00e9 brothers have formed a band, written some songs, and start frequently playing their music live, to great effect, at an underground theatre called the Dunois in the 13th Parisian district. The hype starts spreading. A TV crew captures the scene. Right place, right time. Overcoming the odds, their parents’ ban on playing music (“a satanic activity”), the death of their brother and mentor Amadou (victim of a heart attack live on stage in 1983) and a stint in a Mauritanian prison, they will ultimately reach stardom a few years later under the name Tour\u00e9 Kunda (The Elephant Family).<\/p>\n

A legendary 40-year career will follow: 16 albums released, millions of records sold, numerous world tours, awards and collabs with the likes of Manu Dibango, Talking Heads, Carlos Santana, Bill Laswell, Alpha Blondy, Bernie Worrel \u2026  <\/span><\/p>\n

With Mandinka Dong<\/em>, Secousse and Hot Mule exhume an important chapter of the musical history of Senegal and France, to rediscover without restraint.<\/p>\n

Mandinka Dong <\/em>arrives on September 16 and is available to pre-order now<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read next: <\/span>The best of 2019: halftime edition<\/a><\/h4>\n

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