[1][4][5] Bako Dagnon was born in the little village of Golobladji, around 20 kilometers away from Kita in a family of griots and n'goni players.

[7] Her mother died when Bako Dagnon was seven years old, her father sent her into the care of a childless wife of a griot in Kita.

[7] In 1966, Bako Dagnon gave her first public concert in Kita during the local edition of the "Youth Week" (Semaine de la Jeunesse).

Although Bako Dagnon didn't live in Bamako but in Kita with her husband and children, she regularly performed with the EIN.

[1] After a serious road accident, Bako Dagnon decided to leave the National Instrumental Ensemble of Mali which at the time was also suffering from a lack of funding and the omnipresent government corruption.

[8] Her first international solo album, Titati, was again produced by Ibrahima Sylla and appeared on his label Syllart Records in 2007.

The funeral took place in the presence of numerous personalities, including members of the government and Keïta Aminata Maiga, the First Lady of Mali from 2013 to 2020.