The actress and singer Fatoumata Diawara will be in concert Sunday, September 13 as part of the "Jazz à la Villette" festival.
She returns in "Culture Médias" on her commitments, in particular in favor of peace in Mali.
Songs to change society.
It is with this goal in mind that Fatoumata Diawara, actress and singer who lives between her native Mali, France and Italy, composes.
At the microphone of Philippe Vandel, the one who worked in particular with Matthieu Chédid and Damon Albarn explains the importance that some of his titles have taken in his personal commitments, and those of Malian citizens.
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Mali-ko,
a hymn for peace
Among the fights that Fatoumata Diawara sings about, many relate to the political situation in Mali.
It is particularly committed against the presence of armed groups stemming from Islamist terrorism in the north of Mali.
This earned him threats and placement under police protection.
"I suffered a lot from what was happening in my country, so I went back there to use the voices of artists, including those of Oumou Sangaré and Toumani Diabaté", she explains with reference to the song.
Mali-ko
, bringing together the stars of Mali.
"I am not afraid because I know the Malians. Terrorism is an infiltration, these people who perpetrate violence are not real Malians. We know that they are people from elsewhere."
The
Mali-ko
title
then became a political emblem.
"Today it has become the national anthem of Mali. It was used during the last revolution. It is used to calm the moods and the people, to say 'Here, let's take it easy'."
Fatoumata Diawara is also committed against forced marriages.
A subject that touched him personally: in 2002, she herself fled her own forced marriage before the ceremony, leaving on a concert tour that lasted six years.