Described as a cross between a harp, a lute, and a guitar, the kora is part of a musical tradition that dates back to the 13th-century Mali Empire, which stretched across much of West Africa.

He voiced what many of his peers probably felt after watching the extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales. Sissoko is a jeli (called ... of musical instruments in Africa refer ...

These chroniclers, as anyone who read Alex Haley's book Roots may remember, are called "griots" in English. But in the ...

The kora is a 21-stringed harp from West Africa, and Gaskell’s program will feature traditional songs from the instrument’s repertoire, according to a news release. The program is free.

Gaskell features songs on the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp. As a student of the instrument, he studied under two musicians at their home in Brikama, Gambia, over multiple extensive visits.

Toumani Diabaté, Malian master of the traditional, 21-stringed West African instrument the kora, has died, The New York Times reports. Diabaté’s manager Saul Presa confirmed the news to The ...

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 ...

He voiced what many of his peers probably felt after watching the extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales. Sissoko is a jeli (called ... of musical instruments in Africa refer ...

He voiced what many of his peers probably felt after watching the extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales. Sissoko is a jeli (called ... of musical instruments in Africa refer ...