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Salif Keita at Yoshi's San Francisco

Any opportunity to see Salif Keita, the 65-year-old "Golden Voice of Africa" is a special occasion indeed. Keita, a 40-year-plus veteran of the music scene, is one of Africa's top musical stars, one ...
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Saint-Etienne vs PSG live stream: how to watch the match

The Paris Saint-Germain women’s team (2nd) will be at the Stade Salif Keita this Sunday at 3 p.m CET. to face Saint-Etienne ...
Variety

Salif Keita

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." ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Salif Keita, legendary ‘Golden Voice of Africa,’ set for rare San Diego concert

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 ...
WESA

Salif Keita Gives His Blessing And Takes A Final Bow With 'Un Autre Blanc'

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 ...
NPR

Salif Keita Returns to Mali's Traditional Sounds

Salif Keita has been called the "golden voice of Mali" and a pioneer of the music called Afro-pop. He was born of royalty -- a direct descendant of Mali's 13th-century founding father -- but was ...
SF Station

The SALIF KEITA Global Foundation FUNDRAISER

"Salif Keita was born with albinism. As a child he suffered greatly from social isolation, and was even kicked out of school because of his albinism. Today, he is known around the world as the Golden ...
Los Angeles Times

Keita’s energy overcomes muddy Royce Hall acoustics

Close to the end of his 90-minute set at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Saturday, Salif Keita, the veteran singer from Mali, picked up his microphone -- along with its stand -- and launched into a soaring ...
Yahoo

Mali singer Salif Keita highlights plight of African albinos

Like many people, Malian musician Salif Keita first became aware he was different when he started school. His skin was white; all the other kids were black. "I was the sole albino," he told Reuters in ...
The Africa Report

Salif Keita: ‘Mandjou’, a griot’s praise song for a president

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 ...
Jazz

Salif Keita

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 ...