Known around the world as "The Golden Voice of Mali," Salif Keita's unique sound blends the traditional styles of his West African homeland with influences from Cuba, Spain, Portugal, and the Middle ...

Keita’s final album features everyone from Angélique Kidjo to Alpha Blondy, but it’s his vocals that stand out The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something ...

Salif Keita has the finest, most distinctive male voice in Africa, but it has not always been used to the best advantage. He has constantly changed styles, making use of anything from traditional ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you came to world music in the 1980s, your introduction probably came in the form of a low synthesiser chord ...

The descendant of warrior princes, the son of two black African parents, Afro-pop pioneer Salif Keita was born “white." Inheriting albinism, a lack of skin pigmentation, Keita instantly stood out ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Forget, for a moment, all that business about the Golden Voice of Mali, or indeed, depending on who you ask, the ...

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 ...

Salif Keïta has been appointed adviser to the head of the junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, according to a decree published on the evening of Monday, 14 August. The recording artist is one of five people ...

Salif Keita, one of the best African singers of the past century, had a 40-plus-year career that took him around the world and produced some 25 albums. Now, Keita is retiring from recording and in ...

Salif Keita: 'The guitar is my first, best wife.' Singer Salif Keita tells Robert Sandall about his new UK tour - and why he's weary of rock The charcoal pinstripe suit gives the first clue that Salif ...

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." ...