found: Mali [SR] p1997:label (Kandia Kouyate) insert (Kandia Kouyaté, vocals; b. 1959, Kita, Mali; member of the Mali National Ensemble)
found: All music guide WWW site, Jan. 30, 2002(Kandia Kouyate; b. 1958; vocalist)
found: Discogs.com, viewed January 25, 2022(Kandia Kouyaté; real name Mariama Kouyaté; also known as Kandja Kouyaté; born in 1959? in Kita, Mali; a Malian jelimuso (female griot) and kora player; her career began in the early 1980s, when she started using female choral vocals accompanying her)