I have mixed feelings about Salif Keita. I admire the voice that is his crowning glory, but the arrangements that he lends it to have often left me cool. I’m appreciative rather than adoring. He was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Salif Keita has always liked to surprise. From the experimental, keyboard-backed energy of Soro, in the late 1980s, to the gently exquisite acoustic albums that have marked his return to Mali, ...

Afropop musician Salif Keita on Thursday was forced to cancel a performance scheduled for today at the Jerusalem Sacred Music Festival on the recommendation of his management and agents after they ...

Salif Keïta has been appointed adviser to the head of the junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, according to a decree published on the evening of Monday, 14 August. The recording artist is one of five people ...

Born into a royal lineage in the Malian village of Djoliba, Salif Keita’s albinism, considered a symbol of bad luck in Mandinka tradition, kept him from ever claiming his princely title. What it could ...

The late Salif Keita of Mali, who died in the capital Bamako on Saturday, was the first African Footballer of the Year There are very few footballers so well-respected that their club redesigns its ...

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, 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 ...