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with more Creole. You have played in a dozen movies and made the theater boards how cinema and theater influenced your music?
The image is very important I love cinema, because I do not actually play I worked with a director, Sotigui Kouyaté, at the age of 14. He trained me a lot I made two films with him he was my dad in Genesis and my uncle in Sia the dream of the python, and after, we made a play for 4 years. I understood with him that a good actor is the one who does not play. when you manage to merge the roles with your person then you can say that you are a good actor. So, I am in this step, remain natural while acting, and there are certain directors who appreciate that like Abdherame Sissako in the film Timbuktu.
You have ben in the big screen along Sotigui Kouyaté, many other journalists believe that he has influenced you in what way?
The curiosity to learn he always told me. I met him at 12, he Coached 2 years before the film was made. He made me understand who I was in life. He taught me how to channel my energy. He always told me, do not waste your time judging others, learn to drive your own bike. Learn to respect others learns to be humble. He has erased the ego in me.
It's easy for me to love the other despite its difference, he taught me to see the good side of things. He taught me not to complain, as every day, is a gift from God. He was a wise man, and I had the good fortune to meet him before his departure. He made me understand that learning was infinite.
In September 2012, you took part in a campaign titled "30 Songs / 30 Days" to Support Half the Sky: Transforming Oppression into Women's Opportunities Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and the book By Sheryl WuDunn. In September 2012, you also attended the Africa Express train with Damon Albarn, Rokia Traoré, Baaba Maal, Amadou and Mariam, Nicolas Jaar and Les Noisettes among others. The show culminated in a concert at the Granary Square in London, where you will play with Paul McCartney how did you feel about this experience?
As I said, artists recognize one another at a certain time there is no age, it is a question of sensitivity and one realizes that, if the planet is going well we are well too, and if It goes wrong we cannot sing. It seems simplistic, but it is a background work of meditation. One must go to the depths of one's soul to touch the souls of others; And very few artists can do it. And when we are together, no one is a star we are all the children of this world. And that reassures when at 28, you live this kind of experiences you understand that you have the answer to what you seek.
You are one of the most loyal representative, of African culture in the world. From your personal experience, how African culture is perceived by the non-African peoples, before whom you have performed? Is there any way to improve this image of African culture in the world, if so how?