Mah Damba – Sosoly | Mali

I just like this one a lot. Mah Damba is a pretty well known singer from Mali, but the real exciting thing here for me is the highly virtousic n’goni playing throughout. The n’goni is known by a number of names in West Africa, depending on the location and/or ethnicity of the person playing it.

There is this guy in Ghana named King Ayisoba whose skills on the koloko (as the instrument is known in Northern Ghana, a Frafra name), creative flexibility and moral character I will emphatically swear by.
 
Face A
Pory
Sosoly
Diadia Kono

Face B
Danama
Nadlanka Fala
Nantan

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This is really nice. I haven't heard the n'goni in a while. This brings me back. Thank you for the upload.