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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...