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 ...

Dawda plays the 21 stringed Kora, an indigenous West African instrument. Expect some magic as the Kashmiri 100 stringed Santoor would be paired with the Kora for the very first time ever ...

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.