Amadou & Mariam

Amadou & Mariam

Amadou & Mariam were a blind musical duo from Mali, composed of Bamako-born Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (24 October 1954 – 4 April 2025) and Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born 15 April 1958). As well as being a musical duo, they were a married couple. Amadou lost his sight at the age of 15; Mariam became blind at the age of 5 as a consequence of untreated measles. Known as "the blind couple from Mali", they met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, where they both performed in the institute's Eclipse Orchestra, directed by Idrissa Soumaouro, and found they shared an interest in music. Read more on Wikipedia

Their biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amadou & Mariam is the 428th most popular singer (up from 513th in 2019). (up from 1,675th in 2019)