Friends, family and fans flocked in mourning to the home of Malian music star Amadou Bagayoko on Saturday a day after he died aged 70, AFP reporters saw. One half of the husband-and-wife duo Amadou & ...

Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the star Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 following an illness, his ...

Amadou Bagayoko, who, alongside his wife, formed the iconic blind musical duo Amadou & Mariam, passed away on Friday in ...

"We talked a bit. Barack Obama told us that he liked our music. Malian music too. We were very, very happy," Mariam added. Besides a Grammy nomination in 2010, Amadou & Mariam also won prizes at ...