Sou Ni Tilé is an album by Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

an duo Amadou & Mariam

Amadou & Mariam

Amadou & Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the couple Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia . The pair, known as "the blind couple from Mali" met at Mali's Institute for the Young Blind, and found they shared an interest in music...

, released in 1999. It was their first album to be released internationally. The album reached No. 61 on the French albums chart

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. "Je Pense à Toi" reached No. 43 on the French singles chart.

In a review for Allmusic, Brian Beatty gave the album a rating of four stars out of five and described it as "mature, intelligent pop music".

Track listing

1. "Je Pense à Toi" (I Think of You) — 5:16
2. "Combattants" (Warriors) — 4:26
3. "Mouna" (I Wonder Why?) — 4:44
4. "Pauvre Type" (Poor Guy) — 4:35
5. "Dogons" — 4:04
6. "Baara" (Work) — 4:33
7. "Dounia" (The World) — 3:17
8. "A Radio Mogo" — 4:49
9. "Djandjola" (Adventure) — 4:06
10. "On Se Donne La Main" (Hand in Hand) — 4:34
11. "Mon Amour, Ma Chérie" (My Love, My Darling) — 5:23
12. "A Chacun Son Problème" — 4:40
13. "Teree La Sebin" (Evil Eye) — 5:33
14. "Toubala Kono" (Lonely Bird) — 5:22
15. "C'est La Vie" (That's Life) — 5:26

Personnel

Music

• Walde Baba Sissoko —tama
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• Amadou Bagayoko — composer, guitar, vocals
• Shihab M'Ghezzi Bekhoughe —bass
• Sameh Catalan —violin
• Mariam Doumbia —vocals
• Sanata Doumbia —background vocals
• Barbara Teuntor Garcia —trumpet
• Alain Hatot —flute, transverse flute
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• Idwar Iskandar —Arabian flute, flute, ney
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• Johar Ali Khan
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   —violin
• Loïc Landois —harmonica
• Matu —Fender Rhodes
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  , Hammond organ
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• Alberto Rodriguez —arranger, trombone
• Stephane San Juan —drums, percussion
• Babbaro Teunter Garcia —trumpet
• Awa Timbo —vocals, backgruond vocals
• Andrés Viáfara —arranger, trombone

Production

• Jean-Philippe Allard — executive producer
• Amadou Bagayoko — producer
• Laurent Jaïs —engineer, mixing
• Sherif Megahed —assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Marc Antoine Moreau —producer
• Daniel Richard —executive producer

Design

• Marie Laure Dagnaux —photography
• Thomas Delepière —photography
• Frederic Fauchet —liner notes, lyric translation
• Philippe Savoir —design, visuals