Somewhere in the North West of our motherland, a country is sandwitched in between Niger and Mauritania. In this Country,the national drink is sweet tea and it’s served three times from the same pot. The first cup is “strong as death”, the second “mild as life” and the third “sweet as love”. A fourth cup means you are no longer welcome. In this country, there is music rich in culture and heritage. This Country was once called Ghana and Sudan(Soudan). This is the Country of the great Mansa Musa. This Country is Mali. And in this great Country, artists are working harder than anywhere else just so they can break and cross boarders. So here we are, children of Africa, to pay tribute to the music of Mali, eventually.

It has been such a long time without our spotlight articles; All Around Africa. We have been probing, listening and scrutinizing so many artists…