Sabou is the eagerly awaited album from the Griot from Guinea. Sabou is an all-acoustic release by the first African artist to sell a million singles, with "Yéké Yéké", which topped the European charts in 1988.

Mory Kanté inherited the griot tradition from the jalis of Mande. At its height during the reign of Sundiata Keita in the thirteenth century, the African empire of Mande stretched from the Atlantic coast to the region of Gao. Mory began his musical education even before his birth, on 29 March 1950 at Albadania near Kissidougou in the forestland of Guinea. His mother, Fatouma Kamissoko, communicated with him through music when he was still in her womb – Fatouma is of Malian origin. Her father, the jali Mory Sanda Kamissoko known as ‘Sanda’, was a spiritual leader for the griots in the regions of Kouranko and Sankaran in Guinea. He personally baptised his grandchild and passed on to him his own name.

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