Salif Keita, the fine guitarist and astounding singer from Mali in West Africa, opened and closed his Royce Hall performance with gentle acoustic music from his current Universal release "Moffou." ...

This is part 6 of a 6-part series. Some of the greatest songs come out of the most trying circumstances. Mandjou is one such song. It featured on the eponymous 1978 album and had been composed when ...

An albino who was nearly blind at birth, Salif Keita grew up as an outcast in his home country of Mali despite being the direct descendant of Soundjata Keita, the warrior emperor who founded the ...

Salif Keita is known today as the "golden voice" of Africa, but in his youth he was an outcast, unaccepted by his community because he was born with albinism. Turning to music as an outlet, Keita rose ...

Just a few years ago, singers Salif Keita and Youssou N'Dour were on the leading edge of world music. Extraordinary vocalists, as well as songwriters and bandleaders, Keita and N'Dour were steeped in ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This is proving a busy month for west African superstars-turned-part-time-politicians making surprising but ...