The kora is a 21-string harp of African origin, according to ... the United States and didn't realize what happened to the instrument until he got home. The musician blamed the TSA on his ...

Toumani Diabaté, a Malian virtuoso of a 21-string instrument known as the kora, who brought a rich West African musical legacy to audiences around the world with genre-mixing collaborations ...

By Giovanni Russonello Toumani Diabaté, a virtuoso of the kora, a 21-stringed West African instrument, which he often put into dialogue with other musical traditions from around the globe ...

Diabate, who died on Friday at the age of 58, was considered a virtuoso of African stringed instrument the kora - a "king of kora" in Mali and beyond. His countrywoman Oumou Sangare, a Grammy ...

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 ...

Ironically, she ended up making her mark in a world that was even less welcoming for women: as a virtuoso of the kora, the majestic 21-string instrument that her West African griot family has ...

Toumani Diabaté will be remembered around the world for his mastery of the kora, the 21-string musical instrument beloved across West Africa. Malians remember him in many more ways: the ...

The ‘king of the kora’, who died on 19 July at the age of 58 after a short illness, Toumani Diabaté left his mark on the traditional Mandinka repertoire, elevating the West African string instrument ...

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 ...

Toumani Diabaté, a Malian virtuoso of a 21-string instrument known as the kora, who brought a rich West African musical legacy to audiences around the world with genre-mixing collaborations ...