In spite of civil war, Mali has produced extraordinary artists and music. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with one of the country's stars about her... Rokia Traoré's Commitment To Her Culture When we ...

In 1998, singer Rokia Traoré hit the international music scene with a unique blend of modern sounds and traditional roots. Since then, the Malian chanteuse and songwriter has gained a devoted ...

Every January, I attend globalFEST at a New York City nightclub and see some of the most fantastic music I'll experience all year. Now, given the pandemic's challenges and the hardening of ...

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Rokia Traoré has always been a sophisticate. She grew up as the daughter of a diplomat who was posted in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. Her most recent stage ...

It has been four years since the superb Malian singer and guitarist Rokia Traoré last released an album (2008’s mesmerising Tchamantche) but, right from the outset in our discussion, it transpires ...

I am Rokia Traore, a Malian singer, songwriter and perfomer and I have come to Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to listen to the stories of the Malian refugees who fled ...

Nov 22 (Reuters) - (This 20th Oct. story has been corrected to fix Traore's UNHCR ambassador status in paragraph 2 and correct details of legal process in paragraph 6. This story also adds response ...

Listen to Traoré play "Sikey." Born in Mali to a diplomatic family, Traoré has traveled throughout the world, picking up pieces of herself along the way. That mix of origins is reflected in her music, ...

Rokia Traore's career belies the notion that you can't go home again. The 30-year-old singer was born in Mali but spent most of her formative years in Europe with her diplomatically connected family - ...

Malian singer Rokia Traore was handed a two-year suspended prison sentence by a Brussels court on Wednesday in a long-running dispute over the custody of her daughter. Traore separated from Belgian ...

Rokia Traoré: world music is 'too many things in a small place' She came to music via an unconventional route, following her family around the world and back, from Brussels to Israel, Algeria to Saudi ...