The kora is a stringed instrument played extensively across West Africa. Produced by Genevieve Sagno Filmed by Ameer Ahmed and Miriam O'Donkor Edited by Rajni Boddington The Archbishop of Abuja in ...

Diabate, a renowned master of the kora—a traditional West African stringed instrument—died at a private clinic in Bamako, the capital of Mali. Born in 1965 into a family of griots, Diabate was ...

a West African 21-string instrument with similarities to a harp and a lute. Here, a kora is held by Kouyaté from Afro Celt Sound System.