
Amadou Bagayoko: the blind Malian musician whose joyful songs changed West African music
Amadou Bagayoko, one-half of Amadou & Mariam, died in Bamako on April 4. The globally successful musician was 70 years old.

Amadou Bagayoko, one-half of Amadou & Mariam, died in Bamako on April 4. The globally successful musician was 70 years old.










Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.