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Rokia Koné of Mali Sings for the World. Especially Women.

[ad_1] African musicians do not need outside help. Recently, Nigerian Afrobeats, South African amapiano, and other stylish, hi-tech, fully danceable styles have reached listeners worldwide without Western intermediaries. But the proof of a collaboration is in the sound, not the pedigree, and the album “Bamanan” is an intercontinental alliance that finds its own synergy. “Bamanan” …

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US Returns More than 900 Seized Artifacts to Mali

[ad_1] More than 900 artifacts seized in an illegal shipment have been returned to the Malian government, US officials said on Monday. Homeland Security agents first seized items in the Port of Houston in 2009, including ceremonial and funerary objects, some of them from the Neolithic period. Officials described the discovery at the port, which …

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Sexual Abuse Accusations Continue to Revitalize Basketball in Mali

[ad_1] In April, he was appointed head of Maiga. FIBA’s children’s basketball council, or mini basketball, in Africa. his sister Hamchetou Maiga-Ba He played for Old Dominion, was the WNBA first-round draft pick in 2002, was Mali’s top player at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and is currently on FIBA’s player commission. His brother, Youssouf Maiga, …

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