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Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa's famed stringed musical instrument

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Eric Charry, Professor of Music, Wesleyan University

“How come we’ve never heard of this beautiful instrument until now?” This was posted by a first-year college student to my world music course discussion board recently. He voiced what many of his peers probably felt after watching the extraordinary documentary Ballaké Sissoko, Kora Tales.

The film, available for free online, follows Sissoko, a world class musical artist, from…

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