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 ...

An albino who was nearly blind at birth, Salif Keita grew up as an outcast in his home country of Mali despite being the direct descendant of Soundjata Keita, the warrior emperor who founded the ...

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 ...

ZANZIBAR: MALIAN music icon, Salif Keita, is set to headline the 23rd edition of Sauti za Busara, Africa’s renowned music festival, taking place in Zanzibar in February next year. Known as the “Golden ...

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 ...

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 ...

There have seemingly never been any harsh words for Malian singer Salif Keita's gorgeous voice, but sometimes his musical accompaniment has caused eyebrows to furrow. After leading sharp African dance ...

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 ...

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 ...

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." ...

Salif Keïta, born August 25, 1949 in Djoliba (Mali), is a Malian singer and musician. He is the father of the French athlete Nantenin Keïta, specialist in the 400 meters and double Paralympic champion ...