In the 1980s Malian audiences called Kandia Kouyaté “La Dangereuse” because of the palpitations her performances induced. A severe stroke in 2004 silenced her rich contralto for a while, but her ...

Banning Eyre says a new compilation showcases one of the finest singers Africa has ever produced — and one who might have been an international... Sory Kandia Kouyaté: Guinea's Voice Of Revolution ...

The line-up includes Mali’s legendary griotte Kandia Kouyate and the young Nigerian hip-hop artist Nneka Les Amazones d’Afrique, the all-female collective of celebrated west African singers from ...

Sory Kandia Kouyate, the legendary West African jali (praise singer) and bandleader died suddenly in 1977, just a few years before African popular music took off internationally. He was just ...

Here's a story about a great singer from Mali and two generations of record producers from neighboring Senegal. The singer's name is Kandia Kouyaté — she's a legend in Mali and many parts of West ...

Sory Kandia Kouyaté was one of the most celebrated singers in West Africa when he died suddenly in 1977. He was just 44, and given his spectacular voice, it's a safe bet that Kouyaté would have been ...

Banning Eyre says a new compilation showcases one of the finest singers Africa has ever produced — and one who might have been an international... Sory Kandia Kouyaté was one of the most celebrated ...

Released last month, La Voix de la Révolution is a new compilation of songs by Sory Kandia Kouyaté, who died in 1977. Sory Kandia Kouyaté was one of the most celebrated singers in West Africa when he ...