Bassekou Kouyaté’s innovation in expanding the possibilities of what can be done with the ngoni, a form of west African lute, cannot be underestimated. With his group Ngoni Ba he has developed a, ...

Growing up in the West African country of Mali, Bassekou Kouyate recalls the tradition of the Ngoni running through the veins of his culture since he was a child. An instrument dating back nearly ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Bassekou Kouyate is a master of the ngoni, an ...

THE Ngoni people of Zambia trace their origins from the Zulu people of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. In the early 19th century, a period of political instability in Southern Africa known as the ...

IT was 34th edition of Nc'wala Traditional Ceremony of the Ngoni-Speaking People which took place at Mtenguleni main arena in Chipata District. The Nc'wala ceremony has today grown into one of the ...

From the moment he picked up the ngoni (a stringed lute popular in Mali) at age 12, Bassekou Kouyate was destined for greatness. Originally from Garana, he moved to the capital Bamako in the late ...

Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who is a Ngoni Impi or adviser, will on Saturday attend this year’s Umhlangano wa Maseko Ngoni annual celebrations at at Inkosi Ya Amakhosi Chikuse Gomani-1 monument ...

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