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Being a griot is like being a mayor. People come and ask for help, and as a griot it is your duty to help them.

— Bassekou Kouyaté

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Music should be one thing and politics another.

Music is a big school and every day you hear something you haven’t before so it’s very important to play with other people from all different cultures.

Griots are the guardians of tradition in Bamana society in Mali. I am very proud to carry on that tradition.

I was the one who took the ngoni to an international level, using all this distortion, delay and wah-wah pedal sound effects, to make it modern and international, so that it would reach a younger generation.

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