For Sona Jobarteh, Africa's first woman to play ... In her hands, the 21 metallic strings of the kora -- an instrument shaped like a lute and plucked like a harp -- to create captivating melodies ...

N'Faly Kouyate says his electric kora, also known as an African harp, was designed so that it could be taken as hand luggage and stored in overhead lockers on flights. He says the instrument can ...

The most significant wind instrument in West Africa is the algaita, a large oboe-like instrument. It has a strong, almost piercing sound that can be heard for miles, ideal for open-air festivities and ...

his playing strongly influenced by the Kora, a West African harp. Griselda’s love of West and North African music has seen her work with a number of artists. Her solo album Harpaphonics was ...

The singer Mory Kanté, who helped bring African music to world audiences with hits like Yéké Yéké, has died in Guinea. Kanté died in hospital on Friday in the capital, Conakry, aged 70, his ...

Born into the griot bloodline of West African storytellers and poets, Toumani Diabaté is the 71st generation in his family to play the kora, the 21-string harp with which he creates a dazzling ...

For instance, many people in West Africa use calabashes to make bowls and utensils, while others use them to make instruments like Sèkèrè and kora, which are like a maraca and a lute-harp ...

The Kora itself, which has been played by African Griots for centuries, has a sound similar to a harp and is still played by African musicians today. “When we set up Kora it wasn’t only ...

Tigrinya song singer Tedros Ermias is a finalist in the All African music award Kora 2016. He speaks on his achievements and looks forward to won the award which will be announced in March.

From Louis Armstrong's trumpet to Grandmaster Flash's turntable and from a Central African harp to an Apache violin, these objects represent just a sampling of how music is collected, curated and ...

Some of that lack will be addressed, in its own sweet West African way, when legendary singer-guitarist ... indigenous instruments from the griot zone, such as the harp-like kora and the tuned ...

The new release “Bamako*Chicago Sound System” (FPE Records) opens like the master-shot sequence of a documentary about a ...