"'World music' was expecting me to be what I'm not," Traoré says. "I'm not a griotte [praise singer]. I'm not from Wassoulou. I have not been in a national orchestra. I am not able to make traditional Malian music"
Music & Film
Rokia Traoré- A path between multiple identities
- Rose Skelton in Dakar
Music: Sandra Nkaké takes nothing for granted
The Franco-Cameroonian star mixes musical styles and social awareness in her latest album.
FESPACO fatigue hits African cinema
The fire seems to have gone out of Burkina Faso's biennial film festival as directors desert it for Europe and South Africa.
An appetite for hard-hitting theatre
- The Africa Report
African theatre at home and in the diaspora intends to build on 2012's success.
From Mozambique's Avenidas theatre to success
Famed for the Inspector Wallander novels, Henning Mankell's other passion is his role as artistic director at Mozambique's only theatre.
Making African music in 2013
From Kishasa's ear-bursting sounds, Ghanaian rappers, Afrobeat kings from Nigeria to Nubian rhythms in Egypt, among a host of titillating sounds and rhythms, Africa's musical year will get off to an exciting start.
Studio time for Western Sahara refugees
A new project to bring mobile recording studios to Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria aims to boost the music industry and give young musicians a voice.
