His life changed on April 4. Mariam Doumbia lost her half, her partner in life as on stage, Amadou Bagayoko, at the age of 70. The legendary Malian Duo Amadou and Mariam had just recorded their latest album Love of madness In Paris.
“We returned home and both fell patients,” he told Parisian. Malaria, typhoid, to which they were added to the problems of diabetes and the tension of Amadou. “It’s not so serious that,” he said. But shortly after, the state of your spouse is working: “[Amadou] He asked to leave him alone to rest. After calling our goalkeeper to take their tension and diabetes. The goalkeeper came to see me to tell me that he was not going well. “
“I put my hand on me, he was trembling. I said ‘Amadou, it’s your beloved who speaks to you’, but he didn’t answer me. I shouted to be taken to the hospital. But he died on the road.”
Two days later, on Sunday, Mali paid tribute to one of his most illustrious musicians with the national funeral. “There were thousands of people, personalities, friends, people from all over the country, the most distant villages, he remembers. He had messages of condolence of all our friends abroad like Matthieu Chedid.”
“I miss his voice”
Love of madness, His ninth work they had completed together will be launched on October 24 and will include multiple collaborations, including Fally Ipupa or Manu Chao. “It was Amadou who found the title,” she says. “We have always sung love, because we loved madness and we wanted to share it with everyone. It is our history and our message.”
“It is very important, because it is the last with my husband,” Mariam emphasizes. It’s very powerful, my husband sings, we sing together. His voice is missing, he is the partner of a life. “
Next to him, now he is his son Sam Backo, 44, singer and guitarist as his father who perpetuates Amadou’s legacy. The latter had already participated in a tour with his parents the previous year, already making two of his father’s titles. “I relieve my son by my side,” he explains. It encourages me. With him, I will find the strength to continue. “
Source: BFM TV
