“The tuning pegs come from Japan,” N’tab admitted, laughing. “So that really makes the kora a universal instrument.” The monks pray at least six times a day, in accordance with the ...

Toumani Diabaté, Malian master of the traditional, 21-stringed West African instrument the kora, has died, The New York Times reports. Diabaté’s manager Saul Presa confirmed the news to The ...

a West African 21-string instrument with similarities to a harp and a lute. Here, a kora is held by Kouyaté from Afro Celt Sound System.