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Les Ambassadeurs du Motel

CTL-I-0095 · Institution

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Les Ambassadeurs was the band Salif Keita found success with after the Rail Band; in 1973 Keita and Rail Band members relocated to Abidjan and named the new project Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux. The band's origin was as the Bamako Motel house band in Bamako, Mali.

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Les Ambassadeurs was the band Salif Keita found success with after the Rail Band; in 1973 Keita and Rail Band members relocated to Abidjan and named the new project Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux. The band's origin was as the Bamako Motel house band in Bamako, Mali.

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Les Ambassadeurs was the band Salif Keita found success with after the Rail Band; in 1973 Keita and Rail Band members relocated to Abidjan and named the new project Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux. The band's origin was as the Bamako Motel house band in Bamako, Mali.

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