Album Review: So Kono by Salif Keita

It’s not all that surprising that Salif Keita’s 2018 farewell album Un Autre Blanc was not the end of his recording career. After all, as Keita himself has explained over the years, music is his life, a path for which he gave up his standing in Mandinka royalty, a mode of expression through which he has found global renown. It hasn’t been an easy road, and his deeply rooted relationship to Mali and Mandinka society remains complex-he was appointed as an advisor to the country’s ruling military junta in 2023-but there’s no denying he’s earned his sobriquet as the “Golden Voice of Africa”.

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