Back to her roots
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1054170,00.html
Rokia Traore is a special musician - a Malian whose traditional style
has found such success in the west that she moved to France. But what
do Malians think of her music - and her fame? She returns home with
Robin Denselow
Friday October 3, 2003
The Guardian
It's just before dusk in the run-down Banconi district of Bamako, the
Malian capital, an area of unpaved, red-dirt roads, open drains and
shack housing. Stepping through the corrugated iron fences, there is a
cool young lady dressed immaculately in European slacks and blouse,
but with her hair cropped so short that she's almost clean-shaven.
Rokia Traore is surrounded by children eager for her autograph, for
she is currently the most controversial singer in this country of
extraordinary musicians.
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