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Unplayed copy M/NM Rare reissue of 500 copies.  Out of print. Please see other listing for FOUR other Ali Farka LPs. Limited edition.
Ali Farka Touré- S/t Sonafric- – SAF 50016LP FRANCE
Tracklist A1 Bandalabourou 6:40 A2 Harsani 5:25 B1 Gambari 6:30 B2 Soko 5:45



Ali Farka Touré, (Ali Ibrahim Touré), Malian guitarist (born 1939, Kanau, French Sudan [now in Mali]—died March 7, 2006, Banako, Mali), was one of the most renowned artists in African music and a national hero in Mali and all of the African continent. Touré, who as a child acquired the nickname “Farka” (Songhai: “donkey”) for his strong will, perceived music a spiritual calling. He first learned to play traditional instruments, such as the lutelike nkoni and the n’jarka, a single-stringed fiddle, and later took up the guitar. In creating the Mali blues, he fused African musical traditions with the American blues. whose West African roots Touré celebrated. He won one Grammy Award for his collaboration with  Ry Cooder (Talking Timbuktu, 1995) and another for the album he made with kora player Toumani Diabate, In the Heart of the Moon (2005). He also appeared in the television documentaries Ali Farka Touré: ça coule de source (2000; Ali Farka Touré: Springing from the Roots) and The Blues (2003). Touré considered himself a farmer and was the mayor of the Malian village of Niafounké.


Mali, West Africa, Super Djata Band, Kaira Arby, Ry Cooder, Super Biton De Ségou, L'Orchestre Kanaga De Mopti, Sorry Bamba, Le Kene Star De Sikasso, Le Mystère Jazz De Tomboucto, L´Orchestre Sidi Yassa De Kayes, Rail Band, Kante Manfila, Orchestra Baobab, Mory Kante, Salif Keita, Tinariwen,