---
name: "Salif Keita"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/salif-keita"
fi1m_id: "salif-keita"
imdb_id: "nm0445190"
tmdb_id: 545036
wikidata_id: "Q313318"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 August 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:23:49.955641+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Salif Keita

## Identity

Salif Keita

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/salif-keita
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** salif-keita
- **IMDb ID:** nm0445190
- **TMDB ID:** 545036
- **Wikidata ID:** Q313318
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salif_Keita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313318, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545036

Composer. Born 25 August 1949 in Djoliba, Mali.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 August 1949, Djoliba, Mali
- **Also known as:** Salif Keïta
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salif_Keita, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313318, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445190/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545036

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Yeelen* (1987), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/yeelen.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Salif Keita: World Music Portrait* (2004), Music
- *September 11* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Genesis* (1999), as Esau
- *The Golden Ball* (1994), as Karim
- *Voyage à Tombouctou* (1994), Music
- *The Lion Child* (1993), as Griot · Original Music Composer
- *Yeelen* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/yeelen.md)

## Gallery

- ![El compositor y músico maliense Salif Keïta en el Festival Internacional Cervantino. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/3925471/gallery-e82720887558.jpg) El compositor y músico maliense Salif Keïta en el Festival Internacional Cervantino. (2015) — ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Salif_Keita.JPG/1280px-Salif_Keita.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salif Keïta & Les Ambassadeurs at TFF Rudolstadt 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/3925471/gallery-d85a496f0fe1.jpg) Salif Keïta & Les Ambassadeurs at TFF Rudolstadt 2015. — Schorle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Les_Ambassadeurs_TFF_11.JPG/1280px-Les_Ambassadeurs_TFF_11.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![June 2008, Toronto Jazz Festival](https://film.one/media/person/3925471/gallery-7a530e1c459e.jpg) June 2008, Toronto Jazz Festival — John Leeson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Salif_Keita_-_52440868864.jpg/1280px-Salif_Keita_-_52440868864.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salif Keïta & Les Ambassadeurs at TFF Rudolstadt 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/3925471/gallery-124e640b0f53.jpg) Salif Keïta & Les Ambassadeurs at TFF Rudolstadt 2015. — Schorle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Les_Ambassadeurs_TFF_07.JPG/1280px-Les_Ambassadeurs_TFF_07.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salif Keïta & Les Ambassadeurs at TFF Rudolstadt 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/3925471/gallery-d56ad52fb6f5.jpg) Salif Keïta & Les Ambassadeurs at TFF Rudolstadt 2015. — Schorle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Les_Ambassadeurs_TFF_01.JPG/1280px-Les_Ambassadeurs_TFF_01.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salif Keita](https://film.one/media/person/3925471/gallery-f2e9abc4f70f.jpg) Salif Keita — The Department of State, Washington, DC., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Mali_Salif_Keita2_400.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won, 4 nominated

- All African Music Legend Award 2017: All African Music Legend Award (won)
- Victory of the album of traditional musics or musics of the world 2010: Victory of the album of traditional musics or musics of the world (won), for *La Différence*
- Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album 2007: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album (nominated), for *M'Bemba*
- Kora Awards 2004: Kora Awards (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album 2003: Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album (nominated), for *Moffou*
- Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album 2000: Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album (nominated), for *Papa*
- Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album 1992: Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album (nominated), for *Amen*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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