an 800-year-old balafon that dates back to the founding of the Mali empire. NEARLY 800 YEARS AGO, Sundiata Keita founded the largest and greatest kingdom in West African history: the Mali Empire.
Singer and virtuoso kora player Wassa Kouyaté will be accompanied by Balla Kouyaté, a virtuoso player of the balafon (West African xylophone). “Oral tradition holds that when the emperor Sundiata ...
Uko explained that the event would offer West African tour operators the opportunity ... exhibition and the Balafon Award. Balafon awards of Excellence is an award organised to recognise pioneers ...