This December, Brown's Mande dance company New Works will perform in the biennial arts festival in Mali. "It's a great, great honor," said Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, senior lecturer in theatre, speech ...

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Together with his wife Mariam, Amadou's music took him to the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Amadou and Mariam met at the institute for the young blind in the Malian capital Bamako Amadou and Mariam ...

Better than: Headphones, speakers, and MP3s. Malian singer Salif Keita doesn't exactly have a stage presence. He shuffles. He stands with his arms stiffly by his side. Sometimes he lifts his hands, ...

Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the star Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 following an illness. Together with his wife Mariam, Amadou's music ...

Guitarist and singer Amadou Bagayoko of the star Malian music duo Amadou & Mariam has died aged 70 following an illness, his family told AFP on Friday, paying tribute to the Grammy-nominated blind ...