{"id":28774,"date":"2025-11-07T18:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberationinfo.com\/?p=28774"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:38:14","slug":"culture-sekou-bembeya-diabate-met-fin-a-sa-carriere-musicale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liberationinfo.com\/index.php\/culture-sekou-bembeya-diabate-met-fin-a-sa-carriere-musicale\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture: S\u00e9kou Bembeya Diabat\u00e9 met fin \u00e0 sa carri\u00e8re musicale\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"bf-breadcrumb clearfix bc-top-style\" role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\">\n<div class=\"container bf-breadcrumb-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"content-wrap\"><main id=\"content\" class=\"content-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"container layout-2-col layout-2-col-1 layout-right-sidebar layout-bc-before post-template-1\">\n<div class=\"row main-section\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 content-column\">\n<div class=\"single-container\">\n<article id=\"post-28385\" class=\"post-28385 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail  category-a-la-une category-culture category-featured category-infos single-post-content has-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>Apr\u00e8s 65 ans d\u2019une carri\u00e8re mythique, le virtuose guin\u00e9en S\u00e9kou \u201cBembeya\u201d Diabat\u00e9 a officiellement annonc\u00e9 la fin de son parcours artistique. \u00c0 83 ans, celui que l\u2019Afrique enti\u00e8re surnomme \u201cDiamond Fingers\u201d a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de ranger sa guitare, symbole d\u2019une vie consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 la musique.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Les sages disent que chaque chose a son temps. Pour moi, le moment est arriv\u00e9 car j\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 tout donn\u00e9. J\u2019esp\u00e8re que ces deux albums vous plairont. Merci \u00bb, a confi\u00e9 le guitariste lors d\u2019une conf\u00e9rence de presse \u00e9mouvante \u00e0 Conakry.<\/p>\n<p>Mais avant de tirer d\u00e9finitivement sa r\u00e9v\u00e9rence, l\u2019ic\u00f4ne du Bembeya Jazz National offre un dernier cadeau \u00e0 ses fans : deux albums d\u2019adieu, pr\u00e9vus pour janvier 2026. Le lancement se fera au Palais du Peuple, un lieu charg\u00e9 d\u2019histoire, o\u00f9 le maestro avait foul\u00e9 la sc\u00e8ne pour la premi\u00e8re fois.<\/p>\n<p>Le premier opus, intitul\u00e9 Mangu\u00e8, rend hommage au pr\u00e9sident Ahmed S\u00e9kou Tour\u00e9, figure historique de la Guin\u00e9e ind\u00e9pendante. Il compte 12 titres aux sonorit\u00e9s profondes et empreintes de nostalgie.<\/p>\n<p>Le second, Merci mon G\u00e9n\u00e9ral, est un album 100 % acoustique de 10 morceaux, d\u00e9di\u00e9 au pr\u00e9sident Mamadi Doumbouya.<br \/>\nSelon son manager S\u00e9kou Baron, seulement 5000 exemplaires de ces disques seront produits, vendus entre 500 000 et 1 000 000 GNF. Les fonds serviront \u00e0 financer les derniers projets sociaux chers \u00e0 l\u2019artiste.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Une page d\u2019histoire de la musique africaine se tourne<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Autodidacte form\u00e9 \u201c\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole de la tradition\u201d, S\u00e9kou Diabat\u00e9 s\u2019est impos\u00e9 comme le guitariste le plus influent d\u2019Afrique de l\u2019Ouest. Inspir\u00e9 par la kora et le balafon, il a invent\u00e9 un style singulier, reconnaissable entre mille.<\/p>\n<p>Membre fondateur et pilier du Bembeya Jazz National, il a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire de cet orchestre l\u2019un des symboles majeurs de la modernit\u00e9 musicale africaine apr\u00e8s les ind\u00e9pendances.<\/p>\n<p>Son surnom, \u201cDiamond Fingers\u201d, lui a \u00e9t\u00e9 attribu\u00e9 en 1977, lors du Festac (Festival mondial des arts et de la culture noire) \u00e0 Lagos, o\u00f9 son jeu de guitare avait litt\u00e9ralement envo\u00fbt\u00e9 le public nig\u00e9rian.<br \/>\nPour honorer sa m\u00e9moire et son h\u00e9ritage, sa guitare et sa tenue de sc\u00e8ne embl\u00e9matique seront expos\u00e9es au Mus\u00e9e National de Guin\u00e9e, comme t\u00e9moins d\u2019une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 la musique guin\u00e9enne faisait vibrer tout un continent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Apr\u00e8s 65 ans d\u2019une carri\u00e8re mythique, le virtuose guin\u00e9en S\u00e9kou \u201cBembeya\u201d Diabat\u00e9 a officiellement annonc\u00e9 la fin de son parcours artistique. \u00c0 83 ans, celui que l\u2019Afrique enti\u00e8re surnomme \u201cDiamond Fingers\u201d a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de ranger sa guitare, symbole d\u2019une vie consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 la musique. \u00ab Les sages disent que chaque chose a son temps. 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