List of Famous people born in Faranah Region, Guinea

Mory Kanté

First Name Mory

Last Name Kanté

Born on March 29, 1950

Died on May 22, 2020 (aged 70)

Born in Guinea, Faranah Region

Mory Kanté was a Guinean vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was best known internationally for his 1987 hit song "Yé ké yé ké", which reached number-one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain. The album it came from, Akwaba Beach, was the best-selling African record of its time.

Know him/her

Don't know him/her

    index: 1x 0.016865968704224s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.011070966720581s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.011032819747925s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0065197944641113s
router_page: 1x 0.0053250789642334s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0047588348388672s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0022139549255371s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0021789073944092s
headline: 2x 0.0019230842590332s
qids: 2x 0.0017609596252441s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00024604797363281s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00022506713867188s
head-facts: 1x 0.00020503997802734s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.5020370483398E-5s
related: 1x 5.0067901611328E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-01-29 17:55:01)  -----