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Diabate was born in Mali in 1975 to a long line of jeli, musician storytellers more commonly referred to as griots. He’s known as a master of the kora—a 21-string harp with an enormous gourd resonator, which he began playing, as the Believer tells us, when he was just 29 inches tall. A beautiful song of his was featured in the Believer’s music issue this summer, but for boring technical reasons, I can’t upload that song here. I can actually do one better, though: Here’s a great recording of a 2002 concert from upstate New York. This is absolutely beautiful.

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