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In May 2006, we did a piece on Kokanko Sata, who broke new ground by playing the n'goni, an instrument traditionally reserved for men. Well here's another important breakthrough in Malian music - Bimogow, recorded a couple of years back by Madina N'diaye.
She's a wildly talented musician and singer, who has further challenged the past, and created a new future, by mastering the kora, THE emblematic instrument of hereditary male tradition. The music is gorgeous, radiant and powerful - and a testament to the growing recognition that women can claim and carry forward their musical tradition as ably as their male forebearers.
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The recording is available on Amazon.
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