creating a new model of African education. She has founded a small school called the Gambia Academy, where students study dance, drumming, kora of course, and another traditional griot instrument ...

Many origin stories of musical instruments in Africa refer to a jinn (genie) first bringing it out. So it is with the kora. This person before you, he was born with the kora. The seventh ...

In this adapted excerpt, we meet Balla Kouyaté, one in a long line of West African ... ngoni (a lute-like instrument widely ...

A famed Malian musician took to social media on Wednesday to mourn the loss of a priceless instrument he ... caused any damage. The kora is a 21-string harp of African origin, according to ...

In her hands, the 21 metallic strings of the kora -- an instrument shaped like a lute ... widely respected musical storytellers who pass on West African traditions. Her grandfather Amadu Bansang ...

Many origin stories of musical instruments in Africa refer to a jinn (genie) first bringing it out. So it is with the kora. This person before you, he was born with the kora. The seventh ...

At Abidjan's FEMUA urban music festival, which closes in the Ivory Coast city on Sunday, Jobarteh went on stage with percussionists, guitarists and a balafon player. In her hands, the 21 metallic ...