Karam (album)

Karam
Studio album by Kimi Djabate
Released September 28, 2009 (2009-09-28) US
Genre World, Afro-Latin
Label Cumbancha
Kimi Djabate chronology
Teriké
(2009)		 'Karam
(2010)

Karam Kimi Djabate's second solo album off, U.S based label, Cumbancha is rooted in Djabté's upbringing as a griot and professional musician in his home country of Guinea-Bissau. Now based out of Lisbon, Portugal Djabaté's Karam incorporates a variety of European sounds into the traditional sounds of his home village.[Notes 1] The album features Kimi Djabate on vocals, guitar and the balafon. Karam speaks to the economic hardships, inequalities, freedoms and love found in his home village and throughout Africa.[Notes 2]

Track List

No. Title Length
1. "Kodé (Love)"   5:34
2. "Karam (Education)"   5:12
3. "Djombé (Personality)"   3:40
4. "Mussolu (Women)"   6:38
5. "Mogolu (The People)"   6:19
6. "Manla (I Cannot Believe It)"   4:34
7. "Ná (Mother)"   4:31
8. "Dabó (Tribute to Dabó)"   5:16
9. "Fatu (Tribute to Fatumata)"   5:24
10. "Manhó (Bride)"   5:14
11. "Alifatá (Stop!)"   3:27
12. "Djalia (The Griot's Art)"   4:30
13. "Fulolón (Ethnicity)"   4:37
14. "Banhané (Enough)"   6:10
15. "Bagi (Tribute to Bagi)"   3:54

Notes

  1. ↑ "Caiprinha Lounge: Kimi Djabaté".
  2. ↑ "Kimi Djabaté's Biography".

Further reading

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