Trio from Mali celebrates identity with cross-cultural music

Trio from Mali celebrates identity with cross-cultural musicSource: heraldtimesonline.com, by By Connie Shakalis

To say that their music is cross-cultural is almost an understatement.

Online, listeners can find African music from the13th century, with a Middle Eastern zest. One video shows man singing and dancing in the rain — beautiful to see and hear.

Trio Da Kali is two men and one woman from southern Mali, in West Africa. The group is the brainchild of the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. The trust helps give new life to towns in the developing world.

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