# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/famoudou-konate
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:59:12.209Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/famoudou-konate"
name: "Famoudou Konaté"
slug: "famoudou-konate"
description: "Famoudou Konaté is a Malinké master drummer from Guinea. Famoudou Konaté is a virtuoso of the djembe drum and its orchestra. One of only a handful of initiated masters of the Malinké drumming tradition, Famoudou is universally respected as one of the world's premiere djembe master drummers. He has dedicated his life to performing and preserving the music of his people, helping to elevate the djembe orchestra from its traditional roots to worldwide popularity."
tagline: "Guinean musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Famoudou_konate_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1940"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.344601333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "فامودو كوناتيه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famoudou_Konat%C3%A9"
    title: "Famoudou Konaté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famoudou_Konat%C3%A9"
    title: "Famoudou Konaté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famoudou_Konat%C3%A9"
    title: "Famoudou Konaté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famoudou_Konat%C3%A9"
    title: "Famoudou Konaté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%A0%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%86"
    title: "ファムドゥ・コナテ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famoudou_Konat%C3%A9"
    title: "Famoudou Konaté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famoudou_Konat%C3%A9"
    title: "Famoudou Konaté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2436c15c-5573-4f0d-ba78-b97bce93cd16"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325263"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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