Mamane Barka

Nigerien musician (died 2018)

Mamane Barka

Background information
Birth name	Malam Mamane Barka
Born	1958/1959 Tesker, Niger
Died	21 November 2018 (aged 59) Niamey, Niger
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Biram, Ngurumi
Labels	World Music Network

Musical artist

Malam Mamane Barka (1958/1959 – 21 November 2018) was a Nigerien musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram.^[1] He died on 21 November 2018, aged 59.^[2]

Biography

Malam Mamane Barka was born in 1958 or 1959 in Tesker, a town in the east of the then autonomous republic of Niger. He came from 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. In 2002 he decided to devote himself to the study of Biram. It is a five-stringed instrument used by the Boudouma, a fishing community on Lake Chad, for traditional songs.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Sole, Deanne (18 May 2009). "Mamane Barka: Introducing Mamane Barka". Pop Matters. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ "Décès du musicien Mamane Mallam Barka ce mercredi à Niamey". aniamey.com (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2018.