S�kouba Bambino - Innovation

Born in 1964 in Kintinya, High Guinea S�kouba �Bambino� Diabat� is a leading light of Guinean Music and has spent most of his career in Guinea. After being noticed in various local groups, young S�kou wins Best Guinean Singer Award in 1979 which led to a role in Bembeya Jazz where he was given the nickname Bambino. 1992 confirmed him as a real star with the release of his second solo album �le Destin�, followed by other successes such as Kassa in 1996. In 1997, producer Ibrahima Sylla hired Bambino on the Africando project, a unique artistic experience which took the singer around the world and connected him with latin music. With Sylla, he recorded and released several successful albums Sinikan (2002), 15�me Anniversaire (2004), Can History (2006) and participated in the Mandekalou experience. S�kouba Bambino comes back releasing Innovation in 2012, an album with a dancing atmosphere and a lusophone inspiration, under the famous producer Manu Lima�s who has composed with Sekou the lead single, Sinontena.