Her music draws on that of the Mandinka people, a West African ethnic group. Kone mainly sings in the dioula language but has ...

Songhoy Blues, an African desert blues group with Touré at the helm, was eventually formed. The group gained fame after a run of shows in Bamako, Mali. Around that time the group met Paul Chandler, a ...

The Papa M’Baye African Ensemble performed a free concert complete with drums and dances from Senegal West Africa ... have never heard this type of music,” said Andy Herrera, director of ...

More often than not, West African artistes, especially Nigerians, have been seen as taking over the Kenyan music scene. Barely a week ago, Tanzanian singer Ali Kiba blamed fellow musicians for ...