M'Mah Sylla

{{Short description|Guinean singer}}

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M'Mah Sylla (born May 1958) is a Guinean singer.

M'Mah Sylla was born in May 1958 in Guinea. She got her start singing with the Dirou Band.{{Cite book |last=Graham |first=R. (Ronnie) |url=https://archive.org/details/sternsguidetocon00grah/ |title=Stern's guide to contemporary African music |date=1988 |location=London |publisher=Zwan |via=The Archive of Contemporary Music |isbn=978-1-85305-000-8}} She became a member of the long-standing musical group Les Amazones de Guinée, whose members are all active female members of Guinea's militia and police. She released an album with the group, Au coeur de Paris and M’mah Sylla (1983), which brought the group international attention.{{Cite web |title=Les Amazones de Guinée Songs, Albums, Reviews... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/les-amazones-de-guin%C3%A9e-mn0000248863 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}

She released her first solo album in 1985, La Rossignol de Guinee. An acoustic album, critic Ronnie Graham called it "a landmark in contemporary African music." She also released an album with another member of Les Amazones, Sona Diabaté, called Sahel (1988) on the Triple Earth label. Sylla also appears as a vocalist on Les Amazones' 2008 album, Wamato.Eisenberg, Barry. "Red Hot Mamas." The Beat, vol. 27, no. 2, 2008, pp. 46-47,63-64.