This is an updated version of a story first published on Nov. 13, 2022. Described as a cross between a harp, a lute, and a guitar, the kora is part of a musical tradition that dates back to the ...

The African and American musicians who play in Kora Konnection demonstrate, in music and method, the link between West Africa and New Orleans. Kora Konnection features Morikeba Kouyate, a Senegalese ...

21 Feb – Kora Kengo has been revealed to be the lead in the drama adaptation of Ochiai Naoyuki's "Tsumi to Batsu: A Falsified Romance" manga, which will see the star turning into a shut-in who plots ...

Her instrument was the preserve of men for hundreds of years, but the Gambian musician wasn’t fazed. She explains why she ripped up the rules – and is now remodelling African education In west ...

The last album of kora duets Toumani Diabaté played on was New Ancient Strings in 1997 on which he played with Ballaké Sissoko. The pair’s fathers were Sidiki Diabaté and Djelimadi Sissoko – the kora ...

Soloist Sean Gaskell will perform a concert in which he plays traditional songs on the kora, on Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. at the Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St., Athens. The kora is a 21-string ...