Super Diamono
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| Origin | Dakar, Senegal |
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| Years active | 1975– |
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| Past members | Bob Sene (El Hadj "Bob" Sene); Omar Pene; Babacar Dieng; Thio Mbaye; Oumar Sow; Doudou Konaré; Musa Ngum; Mada Ba; Pape Dembel Diop; Ismael Lô; Iba Ndiaye; Lappa Diagne (El Hadj Ousmana "Lappa" Diagne); Mamadou Lamine Maïga;; Cheikh Diange; Abdou M' Backe; Amadou Baye; Aziz Seck; Baïla Diagne; Cheikh Sadibou Niasse; Ibou Konate; Jean Alain Hedgar; Lamine Faye; Moustapha Fall; Ndiaga Samb; Papa Basse; Tonia Lô. |
Super Diamono was a ten-member band from Dakar, Senegal. It was formed in 1974 or 1975. Omar Pene was a founding-member, and the group was alternately led by the singers Mamadou Lamine Maïga and Musa Ngum. It started with traditional West African music, but quickly turned to an Afro-Cuban and pop-influenced sound. From 1977 they called their music "Mbalax-blues". In 1979, Ismaël Lô, a co-founder of the group, rejoined the band as a guitar player, but soon left again for his solo career. According to Billboard Magazine, it was Senegal's "first truly local pop style." Many of the former members who later became solo artists made their break-through from this band.