Artist Info: Mamane Barka

Malam Maman Barka (Tesker, Niger, 1959 – 21 November 2018) was a Nigerien musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram, a five-stringed harp-like instrument used by the Boudouma, a fishing community on Lake Chad, for traditional songs.

Malam Mamane Barka was born in 1959 in Tesker, Niger. He was a member of the nomadic people of Toubou. As a player of the ngurumi, a two-string plucked instrument, he gained popularity in his homeland and neighboring Nigeria. [read more...]