Ali Farka Toure

He was born in 1939 in the Muslim village of Kanau, near Gourma Rharous on the banks of the Niger River in northwestern Malian region of Tombouctou. He was the tenth son of his mother but the only one to survive past infancy. “The name I was given was Ali Ibrahim, but it’s a custom in Africa to give a child a strange nickname if you have had other children who have died,” Touré was quoted as saying in a biography on his Record Label, World Circuit Records. His nickname, “Farka”, chosen by his parents, means “donkey”, an animal admired for its tenacity and stubbornness. “Let me make one thing clear. I’m the donkey that nobody climbs on!” He was descended from the ancient military...

Ringtones

Album The Source - 1991

Hawa Dolo

Other Ali Farka Toure ringtones

Kala
Kadi Kadi
Ai Ga Bani
Monsieur Maire De Niafunke
Debe
Naweye Toro
Simbo
Mamadou Boutiquier
Gomni
Soumbou Ya Ya
Kaira