[Afropop] Born and raised in Conakry, Guinea, N’Famady Kouyaté could probably have told you the direction his life would take at a very early age. Being a member of the prestigious Kouyaté family (Afropop listeners can probably name at least three musicians with that surname with ease), he would assume he would be playing an instrument, probably the balafon, and most probably spend his life based in Conakry and performing at weddings and baptisms, and if he rose to the status of some of his relatives,
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