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Great music from Mali
http://contrejour.com/artists/afelbocoum/

In the 1980s, he founded his own group, which he named Alkibar, meaning "Messenger of the great river" in Sonrai.

At the beginning of 2006, Afel recorded his second opus "Niger" in the studio of his bass player, Barou Diallo in Bamako, in collaboration with Daniel Boivin.
With Niger, Afel takes us once again to the banks of the great river beside Niafunke, to one of the sources of the Blues... The theme of the songs is, in addition to the river and its surroundings, respect for women, the values of Malian society, and politics.
In this opus, Afel truly assumes the musical heritage of his uncle, Ali Farka Toure.