Mola Sylla

Singer, Film music contributor

1956 –

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Who is Mola Sylla?

Mola Sylla is a Senegalese musician. He moved to Europe in 1987 and lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is a singer and plays such traditional African instruments as the mbira, kongoma, xalam, and kalimba.

Sylla has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians, including in jazz and cross-cultural settings. He has worked with Ernst Reijseger, with whom he composed the score to Werner Herzog's 2005 film The Wild Blue Yonder.

He is a founding member of the groups Senemali and VeDaKi.

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Born
1956
Dakar
Nationality
  • Senegal
Profession
Lived in
  • Dakar
  • Amsterdam

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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