Amadou and Mariam met in the mid-’70s at the Institute for the Young Blind in Malia’s capital of Bamako where they both performed in the Eclipse Orchestra. They fell in love, married and began ...

Amadou & Mariam formed in 1974. Their fifth studio album Dimanche À Bamako brought them worldwide success, and its follow-up, 2008’s Welcome To Mali , earned them a Grammy nomination for Best ...