Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

With stage energy that will drive dancers wild, thispowerful group combines Afro-beat with the “African blues” of the Bambara people. A traditional West African lute, the ngoni, takes front and center in the first-ever ngoni quartet led by the masterful Kouyate, who secures the survival of his tradition through innovation and a steadfast dedication to his family’s ancestral heritage as griots, Mali’s traditional oral historians and musicians.

September 14, 2011; 1:59 PM • by RVANews staff

• Malian ngoni ensemble
• Bamako, Mali
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With stage energy that will drive dancers wild, thispowerful group combines Afro-beat with the “African blues” of the Bambara people. A traditional West African lute, the ngoni, takes front and center in the first-ever ngoni quartet led by the masterful Kouyate, who secures the survival of his tradition through innovation and a steadfast dedication to his family’s ancestral heritage as griots, Mali’s traditional oral historians and musicians.

September 14, 2011 1:59 PM 0