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Baloji, Ana Tijoux, Asmâa Hamzaoui, a look back at Toumani Diabaté & Ballaké Sissoko’s epochal New Ancient Strings album, Los Tigres del Norte, Fruko, unrest in Buenos Aires and our preview of albums to get excited about in 2024
Read the full story of how two sons attempting to honour their fathers made a classic album and brought ancient instruments back to Africa.
The 21-string harp, the kora, is deeply explored in this Afropop Worldwide program.
The life and legacy of Foutanga Babani Sissoko, Baba Sora, is explored through reminiscences and music.
Ballaké Sissoko: picking up the pieces after US customs broke his kora Dale Berning Sawa In the Malian language Bamanankan, djourou – the title of Ballaké Sissoko’s forthcoming album – means string. “It’s the string that connects me to others,” he says. For this master of the kora, it is also the string that broke. Last February, Sissoko returned to Paris after a US tour with his trio 3MA to find that border officials in New York had dismantled his kora. The neck, bridge, strings and custom-built pickup had been removed from the body, made of calabash and parchm...