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Bassekou Kouyate
Master of the n'goni, the traditional Malian lute and probable ancestor of the
banjo, Bassekou Kouyaté takes Malian music around the world. After playing with
Toumani Diabaté and Ali Farka Touré, he released the album Segu Blue in 2007.
For his second album, I Speak Fula in 2009, Bassekou Kouyaté was nominated for a
Grammy Award. A member of the Afrocubism project in 2010, Bassekou Kouyaté
performed with Paul McCartney and Damon Albarn on Africa Express in September
2012. Recorded in Bamako during the curfew that followed the ousting of
President Toumani Touré in 2012, Jama Ko to...
