Mamane Barka

Mamane Barka

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About 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.

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