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Salif Keita-Tomorrow
Salif Keita's voice is one other mortals can
only aspire to. A searing tenor that somehow
sounds gritty and glorious all at once, it's
a complicated instrument that transcends
language barriers, and with its subtle
shadings offers solace and succor, joy and
even redemption. It's not for nothing that
Keita is known as the golden voice of Mali.
Given Salif Keita's incredible talent, it was
inevitable that one day music would take him
back to his homeland, despite the hardships
he once faced there. Recently, that
inevitability came to pass. With a 35-year
career behind him, Keita returned home to
record his latest release, M'Bemba, in Bamako
in the studio he had built by the River
Niger. As an albino, Keita once was disowned
by his own father; as a musician, he was
rejected by the aristocracy of his own caste;
and as a man with ambition, he had no choice
but to leave a country that offered no
professional perspectives. Keita's career has
led him on a wandering path, through Abidjan,
New York and Paris. But his strength, talent
and clairvoyance enabled him to find fame and
fortune on that path, allowing for his
symbolic and triumphant return to Mali.
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