Tonton Action Bordeaux, France
Originally from Mali, Ibrahim Diakité is a singer-songwriter and virtuoso of Ngoni.
He learns this instrument from
childhood with Malian masters.
He moved to Spain, then to France where he met François Chommaux guitar / synth, Eric Camara double bass, Christophe Urbanski Percussions, with whom he set up the group Tonton Action.
It is in Bambara in French and in Spanish that Ibrahim sings.
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