- country:Spain
- region:Andalusia
- style(s):Afro, Afro-Soul
- label:not signed
- type:Quartet
- gender:male, female
- instrumentation:percussion, singer songwriter, piano, guitar
- artist contact:Alfredo, Robles Ruiz
Line up
- Alfredo Robles (Guitar)
- Aly Coulibaly (Dance, backing vocals, drums)
- Dylan Porcel (Keyboards)
- Maate Keita (Singer, afro drums)
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Maaté Keïta, known as "Thérèse," is undoubtedly the most accomplished example of the artist profile that the Kotéba Ensemble of Abidjan has strived to cultivate since its creation in the mid-1970s by Souleymane Koly. Maaté Keïta carries within her, in equal measure, her Malinke ancestry from Guinea on her father's side and her Bété ancestry from Côte d'Ivoire on her mother's, allowing her to move with disconcerting ease from Sahelian lyrical singing to the moving polyphonies of forest regions.
Actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer with Kotéba – Theater, composer-performer with the musical group Go de Kotéba, Maaté Keïta has been part of all the adventures of the Ensemble Kotéba of Abidjan. "The spiritual father of Maaté Keita remains, and remains, the late Souleymane Koly, whose aesthetic approach transcended song and dance.
This Guinean, who lived in Côte d'Ivoire (now in Spain), invented a form of African vaudeville musical comedy that captivated the 1980s and was a highlight of the Francophonie festival in Limousin, where the Kotéba ensemble was a regular guest. An extremely popular and playful form whose focus was above all sociological and rooted in African musical culture.
The Koteba ensemble has traveled the world, even being a guest at the "in" Avignon Festival in the 1990s, while the 3 Go were formidable ambassadors for the company's musical work. Three young singers, Maaté Keita, Gnama Kanté, and Hawa Sangoh, toured the world. After training dozens of young artists and adapting all kinds of dramatic situations to the stage, the theater, in the eyes of these three gazelles, had the power to change the world and carry Africa toward its future. This is the main objective that Maaté Keita always pursues in her cultural and artistic offensive.