Music from Mali - Rokia Traore

Reblogged from World Music - the Music Journey:

Rokia Traore , a female musician singer from Mali . 1997 she released her first album , she sings in Balambra , an african dialect/language and was inspired by Ali Farka Toure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ahok3oy6Q&feature=related

Shame that Mali is being torn apart just now - such beautiful singers and musicians from this land.

~ by Ray Harris on July 22, 2012.