BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Renowned guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of Mali's music duo Amadou & Mariam has died. He was 70.

Amadou Bagayoko was a trailblazer for disabled musicians, namely through his work with his wife Mariam Doumbia in the band Amadou & Mariam.

Amadou Bagayoko, one-half of the beloved Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, has died at the age of 70. The guitarist and singer passed away on Friday in Bamako, Mali, the city of his birth, after a period of ...

Blinded at the age of 15 due to early and severe cataracts, Amadou was born in his beloved Mali in 1954 and passed away this ...

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Burkina Faso and Mali were also suspended following their ... in accordance with its main mission of promoting the French language and cultural and linguistic diversity. The theme for this year ...

Known as “the blind couple from Mali," the duo of Amadou Bagayoko, who lost his vision at age 16, and Mariam Doumbia, who became blind at age 5 as a consequence of untreated measles, rose to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Amadou Ndiaye holds a Braille tablet in Bamako, Mali, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Moustapha Diallo ...