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HABIB KOITE
Afriki (Cumbancha)
Citing the reason why he named his latest album in tribute to his homeland, Habib Koite stated that many countrymen risk their lives to move to Europe or America rather than developing their own soil. In his entire twenty-plus year career, Koite has been a constant champion of the African folk and griot traditions. He sings, beautifully, of farming and marriages, as much as the ways technology can evolve small villages. Most importantly, he plays from the heart, one that has inspired hundreds of thousands of people worldwide to buy his gorgeous, blues-based recordings. Afriki, with its brilliant guitar picking, balafons and talking drums, is not an evolution, but an extension of previous works. His ambassadorial role has created some
of the most lucid and soulful blues music in the world today. With each new outing, that accolade is strengthened, time and again.
---Derek Beres 09/08/07
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