Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa’s famed stringed musical instrument
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A man sits under palm trees in a flowing traditional west African robe playing a wooden stringed instrument with a bulbous bottom and long stem. Kora star Ballaké Sissoko at the sacred place of Sanementereng in The Gambia. Screengrab/Ballaké Sissoko: Kora Tales/Vimeo
Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa’s famed stringed musical instrument
Kora: in search of the origins of west…
Kora: in search of the origins of west Africa’s famed stringed musical instrument
A man sits under palm trees in a flowing traditional west African robe playing a wooden stringed instrument with a bulbous bottom and long stem. Kora star Ballaké Sissoko at the sacred place of Sanementereng in The Gambia. Screengrab/Ballaké Sissoko: Kora Tales/Vimeo