# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ballake-sissoko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:50:29.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ballake-sissoko"
name: "Ballaké Sissoko"
slug: "ballake-sissoko"
description: "Ballaké Sissoko is a Malian player of the kora. He has worked with Toumani Diabaté and Taj Mahal, and is a member of the group 3MA with Driss El Maloumi and Rajery."
tagline: "Malian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko_et_sa_kora.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1967"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.391689333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ballake.sissoko/"
    handle:    "ballake.sissoko"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ballake.sissoko.official.fan.page"
    handle:    "ballake.sissoko.official.fan.page"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.ballakesissoko.com/fr/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/690624"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko"
    title: "Ballaké Sissoko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko"
    title: "Ballaké Sissoko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko"
    title: "Ballaké Sissoko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko"
    title: "Ballaké Sissoko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko"
    title: "Ballaké Sissoko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko"
    title: "Ballaké Sissoko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%BD%E3%82%B3"
    title: "バラケ・シソコ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballak%C3%A9_Sissoko"
    title: "Ballaké Sissoko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/da8ac8ac-2155-4baa-8605-973175bab92b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330419"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump