{"id":198,"date":"2013-10-01T13:37:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T11:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:55:02","slug":"djatou-toure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/en\/artists-a-z\/djatou-toure\/","title":{"rendered":"DJATOU TOUR\u00c9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"metaslider-id-2168\" style=\"max-width: 350px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-2168 ml-slider has-onhover-arrows ms-theme-default nav-hidden\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Djatou\" data-height=\"350\" data-width=\"350\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_2168\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_2168\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-2171 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2016-02-04 10:41:44\" data-filename=\"Djatou_plakat_klweb.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahoi-kultur.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Djatou_plakat_klweb.jpg\" height=\"350\" width=\"350\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2168 slide-2171 msDefaultImage\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div>Djatou<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; 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Band AfriPop<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><br \/>\n<strong>Singer from Ivory Coast<br \/>\nAfriPop &amp; World music<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jazz &amp; Traditional<br \/>\nFrench Chansons<br \/>\n* Solo &#8211; traditionel<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nSolo-Performance<br \/>\n<strong>Acapella, Percussion Arhoko &amp; Calabasse<br \/>\n<\/strong>with<em> Band:<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Djatou Tour\u00e9<\/strong> &#8211; Ivory Coast &#8211; Voc, Comp<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/talbalshai.com\/biographie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tal Balshai<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Jersusalem &#8211; PIano, Comp<br \/>\n<strong>Tunde Alibaba<\/strong> &#8211; Benin\/Nigeria &#8211; Drums, Percussion<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Stand-by:<\/em><strong><br \/>\nVeronika Vogel<\/strong> &#8211; Germany, Guit., Back-voc<br \/>\n<strong>Carolyn del Rosario<\/strong> &#8211; Philippinen, Piano<br \/>\n<strong>Ramani Krishna<\/strong> &#8211; Indien\/Bangalore, Bass<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.djatou-toure.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.djatou-toure.de<\/a><br \/>\nDJATOU TOURE is an accomplished singer who mixes African poems with modern Afro Beatz and hot rhythms that make us want to dance! She sings in many languages including Bambara, French and English.<br \/>\nIn 2007 she won the\u00a0<strong>Music Award Carnival Of Cultures Berlin<\/strong>.<br \/>\nHer repertoire consists of her own compositions, traditional songs from Ivory Coast and improvisations.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Djatou Tour\u00e9 was born in Ivory Coast in 1978 into a Manding family who believe in the goddesses of the earth, trees and nature. It is her belief that these godesses gave her the gift of a proud, dramatic and soulful voice and she must use this priceless gift by performing! Ever since she was a little girl, music has been her passion and she knew that through her love for music she would find her way in life, as she says \u2013 \u201cI was meant to be a singer!\u201d.<br \/>\nHer father\u2019s friend owned a recording studio that Djatou used to visit frequently, he instantly recognized her vocal talent and encouraged her to make some professional recordings.<br \/>\nShe studied at a well-known music college in Ivory Coast, Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts and is member of the Burida (National Syndicate of Musicians of Ivory Coast, Abidjan). She studied under Professor <strong>Atta Kouassi <\/strong>(head of the National Orchestra of Television of Ivory Coast). She contributed to the musical telecasts \u2018Premiere Chance\u2019, \u2018Podium\u2019 and the musical broadcasts \u2018Vacances Culture\u2019 about traditional African dance events. She formed her own band \u2018Novo-Group Quartett\u2019\u00a0in Abidjan, which gave several live performances with world class musicians such as: <strong>Koumba Sidib\u00e9 <\/strong>(Mali), <strong>Tiken Jah<\/strong> (Ivory Coast), <strong>George Makintosh<\/strong> (Liberia) and chorus of the groups \u2018<strong>Les Woudy<\/strong>\u2019 and \u2018<strong>Blebo &amp; C<\/strong>o\u2019. In 1995 she attended Village Ki-Yi Culture, a renowned creative foundation in Abidjan, to study dance, music and theatre. One year later, in 1996 she began performing on concerts all over Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue DJATOU TOUR\u00c9 puts all her heart into is the<strong> campaign against female genital mutilation<\/strong>, she is\u00a0deeply involved in this cause. <em><strong>\u201e32 girls could not been saved, but the generation of today can STOP this ritual!! \u201c<\/strong><\/em> (D.T.)\u00a0\u00a0 Through her music Djatou wants to raise awareness to this problem that devastates millions of womens\u2019 lives across the world.\u00a0 Working with Terre des Femmes + Amnesty International.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer from Ivory Coast AfriPop &amp; World music Jazz &amp; Traditional French Chansons * Solo &#8211; traditionel Solo-Performance Acapella, Percussion Arhoko &amp; Calabasse with Band: Djatou Tour\u00e9 &#8211; Ivory Coast &#8211; Voc, Comp Tal Balshai &#8211; Jersusalem &#8211; PIano, Comp Tunde Alibaba &#8211; Benin\/Nigeria &#8211; 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