“Rokia Traoré has one of the most beautiful voices in Mali. This exceptional status allows this committed artist to spread her humanist ideals and the griot tradition throughout the world. It is at the UNESCO House that we find the singer, for a concert that transports us to the heart of Mandingo country.

The Malian artist takes advantage of this opportunity to present a concert called “Classiques Mandeka”. Flanked by Samba Diabaté (guitar), Habib Sangaré (bolon), Mamah Diabaté (n’goni) and Joel Massa Diarra (balafon), Rokia Traoré takes up the most beautiful mandeka songs, these works that transcribe the history of the Mandingo empire in music. 

Great classics and popular successes find here their purest form. Rokia Traoré and her musicians have returned to the origin of each work to place it in its historical and artistic context.
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