Results for "Babani Koné"

An Act of Defiance: Northern Mali Guitar Legend Baba Salah Plays for a Silenced People

February 25, 2013

Malian guitarist Baba Salah comes from the city of Gao, a remote trading hub nestled on the banks of the Niger river, situated at the edge of the Sahara desert. Ethnic Songhai, Tuareg, Fulani and Arabs - among other peoples - all call the city home and as the capital of one of West Africa’s most ...