Any opportunity to see Salif Keita, the 65-year-old "Golden Voice of Africa" is a special occasion indeed. Keita, a 40-year-plus veteran of the music scene, is one of Africa's top musical stars, one ...

Salif Keita the renowned Malian musician will perform live at the National Theatre in Accra on 28th March and at the Banquet Hall State House on 29th March as part of the Gala Night of the Ghana ...

Salif Keita has a fascinating ancestry. He was a direct descendant of Sundiata Keita, who founded the Malian Empire, and this heritage did not condone Salif working as a musician. As well, Salif was ...

An albino who was nearly blind at birth, Salif Keita grew up as an outcast in his home country of Mali despite being the direct descendant of Soundjata Keita, the warrior emperor who founded the ...

Salif Keita has been called the "golden voice of Mali" and a pioneer of the music called Afro-pop. He was born of royalty -- a direct descendant of Mali's 13th-century founding father -- but was ...

"Salif Keita was born with albinism. As a child he suffered greatly from social isolation, and was even kicked out of school because of his albinism. Today, he is known around the world as the Golden ...

Hundreds of people, including former teammates and Mali Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga, flocked to his funeral at the Place du Cinquantenaire, on the banks of the Niger River. There they said ...

Shock. Bafflement. Scepticism. These were some of the reactions among a group of music fans when Mali's much-beloved Salif Keïta - known as the Golden Voice of Africa - was appointed as a special ...

Salif Keita might be the most famous of them all, but he was always the odd one out. Not only was he an albino in a society that regarded albinos as cursed, but he was an outcast from a minor royal ...

Known around the world as "The Golden Voice of Mali," Salif Keita's unique sound blends the traditional styles of his West African homeland with influences from Cuba, Spain, Portugal, and the Middle ...

Salif Keita, the fine guitarist and astounding singer from Mali in West Africa, opened and closed his Royce Hall performance with gentle acoustic music from his current Universal release "Moffou." ...