Salif Keita Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at April 18, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Salif Keita Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Salif Keita Facts

Full Name	Salif Keita
Birthdate	August 25, 1949
Birth Place	Djoliba, Mali
Age (in 2024)	74 Years Old
Zodiac	Virgo
Occupation	World Music Singer

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Salif Keita Age & Birthday

Salif Keita is best known as World Music Singer who has born on August 25, 1949 in Djoliba, Mali. Currently, Salif Keita is 74 years, 7 months and 24 days old. Salif Keita will celebrate 75th birthday on Sunday, 25th of August 2024. Below the countdown to Salif Keita upcoming birthday.

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Salif Keita Biography

About

Famous for his 2009 album La Difference, which documents the struggles faced by people born with albinism, he is also known for numerous other acclaimed Afro-pop albums, including Ko-Yan (1989); Amen (1991); Folon (1995); and Moffou (2002).

Before Fame

Early in his career, he was a member of a Mali-based Afro-Latin music group called the Rail Band (or the Super Rail Band de Bamako). He later joined another popular band, Les Ambassadeurs.

Trivia

His music was featured at a 1988 Seventieth Birthday Tribute Concert for Nelson Mandela.

Family Life

A native of Djoliba, Mali, and a descendant of first Emperor of Mali Sundiata Keita, Salif Keita was disowned by his family at a young age as a result of his albinism. He later fathered a blind daughter, Nantenin Keita, who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, winning silver and bronze medals in track & field events.

Associated With

He collaborated with Lebanese jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf on a La Difference album track titled "Samigna."

Top Asked Questions about Salif Keita

How old is Salif Keita in 2024?

Salif Keita is 74 years old today.

When was Salif Keita born?

Salif Keita was born on August 25, 1949 in Djoliba, Mali.

What is Salif Keita zodiac sign?

Salif Keita zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was Salif Keita best known for?

Salif Keita was best known as World Music Singer.

Fun Facts about Salif Keita's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Salif Keita's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Salif Keita was born on Thursday, 237^th day / 34^th week of 1949
Salif Keita has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Salif Keita birthday is XXV.VIII.MCMXLIX
Salif Keita's birthstone is Peridot
Salif Keita's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
Salif Keita age in year is 74 years old
Salif Keita age in month is 895 months old
Salif Keita age in day is 27265 days old
Salif Keita age in hour is 654360 hours old
Salif Keita age in minute is 39261600 minutes old
Salif Keita age in second is 2355696000 seconds old
Next Salif Keita birthday is on Monday, August 25th 2025
Salif Keita age in next birthday (2025) is 75 years old
Learn more interesting facts about August 25, 1949 birthday

Historical Events on Salif Keita Birthday (August 25)

Below are historical events that coincided with Salif Keita's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1985	Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.
1989	Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999.
1989	Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after take off from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found.
1991	Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991	The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence).
1991	Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
1997	Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
2001	American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
2003	NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.
2005	Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.
2006	Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.
2011	Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.
2012	Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
2017	Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
2017	Conflict in Rakhine State (2016-present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks carried out by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, leading to the governments of Myanmar and Malaysia designating the group as a terrorist organisation.
1986	The birth of Rodney Ferguson, American footballer
1987	The birth of Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
1987	The birth of Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
1987	The birth of Blake Lively, American model and actress
1987	The birth of Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1987	The birth of Justin Upton, American baseball player
1987	The birth of Adam Warren, American baseball player
1987	The birth of James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
1988	The birth of Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
1988	The birth of Giga Chikadze, Georgian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
1989	The birth of Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
1992	The birth of Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress
1992	The birth of Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
1994	The birth of Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
1998	The birth of China Anne McClain, American actress and singer
2013	The death of Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)
2013	The death of Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
2013	The death of Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
2014	The death of William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)
2014	The death of Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
2014	The death of Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)
2014	The death of Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)
2014	The death of Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)
2015	The death of José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
2015	The death of Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)
2016	The death of Marvin Kaplan, American actor (b. 1927)
2017	The death of Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (b. 1971)
2018	The death of John McCain, American politician (b. 1936)
2019	The death of Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (b. 1937)
2022	The death of Mable John, American blues vocalist (b. 1930)

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