This is part 6 of a 6-part series. Some of the greatest songs come out of the most trying circumstances. Mandjou is one such song. It featured on the eponymous 1978 album and had been composed when ...

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An albino who was nearly blind at birth, Salif Keita grew up as an outcast in his home country of Mali despite being the direct descendant of Soundjata Keita, the warrior emperor who founded the ...

ZANZIBAR: MALIAN music icon, Salif Keita, is set to headline the 23rd edition of Sauti za Busara, Africa’s renowned music ...

Gambian Kora Master Suntou Susso Delivers Powerful Contemporary Griot Songbook On Jaliya Silokang – The Path Of A Griot. Posted in “Recording” column. Published: October 24, 2025 @ All About Jazz ...

Salif Keita gave up a lot to pursue his dreams of a career in music. Born albinos, he was cast out by his family and ostracized by the community. In Mandinka culture albinism is seen as a sign of bad ...

MADRID — Mama Keita’s “L’Absence,” a Senegal-set drama thriller, took the top Wind Griot at the 6th Tarifa African Film Festival, Spain’s most prominent window onto African filmmaking. Seen at ...

Based on one of the most important works of African oral literature, the Sundjata epic. When a djéliba, a master griot or bard, arrives mysteriously at the home of Mabo Keïta to teach him "the meaning ...

Aly Keïta is testament to the adage of an apple not falling far from a tree. Brought up in a family of griot musicians, the award-winning Ivorian grand master of the balafon could not resist adopting ...