MM Talks - Djely Tapa

She’s the daughter of the Malian star Kandia Kouyaté (Music Meeting Festival 2016!), whose magnificent voice she inherited. But Djely Tapa, born as Sountougoumba Diarra, doesn’t advertise the fact. For the singer could stand on her own two feet at a young age. University studies took her to Canada, where in 2019 she recorded ‘Barokan’, her debut. After a phenomenal performance at Music Meeting Festival 2022, Djely Tapa is interviewed in the All Ears Area on the festival site. 

Read more about the modern Malian griot who looks towards an African future.