One of ten young Malian musicians chosen to study in Cuba, he would pioneer his own brand of African salsa.
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The famous blind couple, Amadou & Mariam, helped take Mali’s rich musical traditions to a new global audience.
Toumani Diabaté left a legacy as enormous as the west African Mande music tradition he was born into.
He took west Africa’s Mande music to a new level of global recognition, often collaborating with artists who made music in very different styles.
The extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko: Kora Tales takes a journey from Mali to The Gambia.
Her sensitive new album is rooted at home in South Africa while at the same time journeying to Mali, where it was recorded and co-produced with Salif Keita.
