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 ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “I wanted to put some distance between me and music. I was bored, perhaps?” In the mouth of Mali’s most-storied ...

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 ...

African football has much to thank for the legacy of a certain Salif Keita who played in Europe between 1967 and 1980. There is another famous person who goes by the name Salif Keita but he is an Afro ...

Salif Keita has been a success at most things he has tried. The former Mali striker had a wonderful playing career at home, where he shone for Stade Malien, before moving to Europe. His subsequent ...

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 ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Albums news every morning. If you came to world music in the 1980s, your introduction probably came in the form of a low synthesiser ...

Salif Keita possesses one of the world s unique voices powerful, sensitive, and blessed with a huge range; he draws from styles and forms of his Malian homeland, incorporating Islamic, soul, rock, ...

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 ...

March 20, 2019 • Salif Keita is among the best African singers of the past century. But, after some 25 albums over a 40-year career, Keita says he's retiring from recording.