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Music of West Africa

Home of the griot/jeli tradition, the kora and balafon, Afrobeat, Highlife, Mbalax and the desert blues of the Sahel.

Griot Kora Balafon Afrobeat Highlife Mbalax Desert Blues Djembe Wassoulou Fuji Juju

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Mali Senegal Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Sierra Leone Liberia Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Togo Benin Nigeria Burkina Faso Niger Mauritania

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Griots of the Mande World

The hereditary musicians of Mali, Guinea, Senegal and The Gambia, their instruments, and where to hear a thousand years of oral history for free.

Griot Kora Ngoni Balafon Desert Blues