Mamadi Kaba

Born in Kankan, Guinea where learned to draw, paint, sing and play various musical instruments. First, he attended the National School of Applied Arts in Belle-vue of Conakry, where he graduated in Graphic Arts in 1972. In 1977, he participated in the Pan African Festival Lagos (Nigeria) as a painter and musician. After some years of service to the State of Guinea, in 1978 he obtained a grant of state of his country that led him to attend the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in Milan (Italy). This time, he enrolled in painting classes and a thesis on the importance of masks in African social life in 1984. Meanwhile, he continues his work as a musician in various bands forming in Milan.