Kora

That's it.

Playing an instrument, a kora.

My father teach me in Kora, Kora traditional.

My big brother teach me music for composition and orchestra.

My big brother and my father, I have two brothers.

When you are collaborating, when you are rehearsing, when you're doing all that, what language do you use besides the language of music?

Well, first the musical language, of course, is always there.

which might be the most easiest one, but it's, you know, I speak French with Ali, and for Ali, he's from Senegal, so he speaks all of which the people speak in Senegal, but then he's born in the tradition of the Kora player, which is Bambara, so he speaks Bambara, but he's a Mandinka Djeli, Djeli is Creole, so he speaks, it comes from the Malian Empire originally, So, and he speaks a little, as you can hear, he speaks some English, you know, he speaks French, he speaks all of Mandinkajili, and he speaks all of, because he's Senegalese, he speaks French, and we mostly speak in French.

So first, tell us about the instrument you brought in.

The instrument that I have here is called kora.

Kora is from West Africa.

And I'm from Guinea in West Africa.

And kora has been playing like for a thousand years.