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African Music

 
 
Olivier5
 
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Reply Mon 10 Sep, 2018 12:04 pm
@ehBeth,
I've tried that with Italian: try and read gorgeously beautiful texts as an incentive to keep up the reading. The problem is that a beautiful text is often a difficult one. IDK about Petit Pays. It could work because the language is unpretentious and the story not particularly complex.

But sometimes Faye's simple words about the narrator's happy childhood open up on abysses of fear. Not everything is made explicit in the text, so stay awake.
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Reply Tue 18 Dec, 2018 03:55 am
Full "Be Mankan" Album by Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate , very cool:

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Reply Mon 10 Feb, 2020 03:10 pm
@Olivier5,
Tears for a Broken Kora: American customs breaks the Kora of Ballaké Sissoko

Lucy Duran for Mali Tribune, 8 Feb 2020

Last Tuesday, February 4, 2020, Ballaké Sissoko, one of the most remarkable African artists, the exceptional kora player from Mali, has just seen his custom kora entirely destroyed by American customs, without any justification.  

The collar of the kora has been removed. The strings, the bridge and the entire amplification system, delicate and complex, were dismantled. The kora is in pieces. Even if all of the components that were disassembled were intact, it takes weeks before a kora of this caliber can return to its previous resonant state. These types of custom koras are simply impossible to replace. They are certainly not available in stores.

Ballaké is a distinguished and highly acclaimed artist who travels the world with his kora for concerts in prestigious halls. His reputation is impeccable as an artist and as a human being. He has no criminal record. He is just a brilliant musician, a pacifist, a kind and gentle person, a magnificent and creative artist who manages to give the African tradition a contemporary voice with total integrity.

His kora is a fragile instrument tailor-made according to its own specifications. It is an intrinsic part which gives it this very special and specific sound to Ballaké Sissoko. 

Ballaké had just completed a successful two-week tour of the United States (LA, Berkeley, Miami, Chicago and NY) with his group 3MA, an innovative and unique trio that brings together string instruments from Mali, Morocco and Madagascar. [Showcased right upthread]

It was a night flight that arrived in Paris on February 4. When he opened the kora's case, he was shocked and dismayed to find his kora in several pieces, with only one note from the American customs - in Spanish, with the unfortunate motto: “Intelligent security saves time” . ...

"Would they have dismantled a Stradivarius?" asks Ballaké on his Facebook account.


https://www.courrierinternational.com/sites/ci_master/files/styles/image_original_765/public/assets/images/capture_decran_2020-02-10_a_17.15.01.png
The dismantled kora


In French: https://www.maliweb.net/art-culture/larmes-pour-une-kora-brisee-la-douane-americaine-brise-la-kora-de-ballake-sissoko-2858585.html
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Olivier5
 
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Reply Wed 4 Mar, 2020 10:26 am
Excellent afro-jazz from London.


Olivier5
 
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Reply Wed 4 Mar, 2020 11:17 am
@Olivier5,
Fela's Colonial Mentality, by Kokoroko. Note the female brass section taking center stage. It's not every day you see that.

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Olivier5
 
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Reply Tue 17 Mar, 2020 02:24 pm
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