# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-farka-toure
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:56:51.108Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-farka-toure"
name: "Ali Farka Touré"
slug: "ali-farka-toure"
description: "Ali Ibrahim \"Ali Farka\" Touré was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians. His music blends traditional Malian music and its derivative, African American blues and is considered a pioneer of African desert blues. Touré was ranked number 76 on Rolling Stone's list of \"The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time\" and number 37 on Spin magazine's \"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time\"."
tagline: "Malian musician (1939–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ali_Farka_Toure.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-10-31"
deathDate: "2006-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           23.694732
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump