Arena
Season 1 • Episode 369: Salif Keita • Watch with subtitles
Episode 369: Salif Keita
March 2, 1990
Salif Keita - the golden voice of Mali - is one of the firstà African world superstars. He can trace his lineage directly back more than 700 years to its founder, the warrior king Sundiata Keita. Salif Keita's story is an exceptional one - not only for breaking away from these traditions, but for overcoming the stigma of being born albino. Arena returns with Salif to his village birthplace in Djoliba, through the insidiously beautiful surrounding plains and to the mystical cliffs of Bandiagara - all sources of his underlying deep spirituality and his haunting music.
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