Bil Aka Kora

Bil Aka Kora

male
Bil Aka Kora is a musician from Burkina Faso. He has released 3 CDs, including the hit "Dibayagui" released in 2004. He sings mainly in French and...

Kora

female
The kora is a 21-string harp-lute used extensively by peoples in West Africa.

Toumani Diabaté

male, 44 years old
Toumani Diabaté is a Malian kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home w...
Salif Keita

Salif Keita

male, 60 years old
Salif Keita is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the "Golden...
Foday Musa Suso

Foday Musa Suso

male
Foday Musa Suso (b. Sarre Hamadi Village, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of eastern Gambia) is a musician and composer from the West...

Mory Kanté

male, 59 years old
Mory Kanté is an acclaimed vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was born into one of Guinea's best known families of griot (hereditary) m...

N'Faly Kouyate

male
N'Faly Kouyate is a Guinean musician. He is a member of the Mandingue culture of West Africa. In 1994 Kouyate moved to Belgium and formed his...
Roswell Rudd

Roswell Rudd

male, 74 years old
Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd, Jr. in Sharon, Connecticut, on November 17, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist. Although skilled in all...

William Parker

male, 57 years old
William Parker (b. Bronx, New York City, New York, January 10, 1952) is an American free jazz double bassist. As a bassist, Parker is possessed of...
Tunde Jegede

Tunde Jegede

male, 37 years old
Tunde Jegede, is a British born Malian musician renown for his repertoires of African Classical Music. African Classical Music refers to the music...