{"id":95702,"date":"2023-08-29T17:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/29\/african-music-legend-sings-tune-of-malis-coup-leaders\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:43:06","slug":"african-music-legend-sings-tune-of-malis-coup-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/29\/african-music-legend-sings-tune-of-malis-coup-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"African music legend sings tune of Mali&#8217;s coup leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Salif.webp\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Salif\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Shock. Bafflement. Scepticism. These were some of the reactions among a group of music fans when Mali\u2019s much-beloved Salif Ke\u00efta \u2013 known as the Golden Voice of Africa \u2013 was appointed as a special adviser to coup leader Col Assimi Go\u00efta.<\/p>\n<p>The 73-year-old might be in semi-retirement and eclipsed nowadays by Afrobeats stars, but he was one of the pioneering giants of a generation that put African music on the global map.<\/p>\n<p>After 50 successful years in the music industry, he remains influential, admired and well-known.<\/p>\n<p>Ke\u00efta mixes traditional Mand\u00e9 music with jazz, blues and Western music styles and was nominated several times for a Grammy for his infectious melodies and powerful voice.<\/p>\n<p>He has albinism \u2013 and he has campaigned tirelessly against discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, the musician set up the Salif Ke\u00efta Global Foundation to raise awareness of the condition and speak out against a perception in some African countries that albinism is an ill omen.<\/p>\n<p>People with albinism are often shunned and bullied \u2013 as Ke\u00efta was as a child \u2013 and in some countries, like Burundi and Tanzania, they are killed or body parts cut off and used in rituals.<\/p>\n<p>Ke\u00efta\u2019s dream as a child was to be a teacher \u2013 but he was denied the opportunity and told he \u201cwould scare the children\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ke\u00efta has raised funds from his concerts and donated proceeds of his record sales to his foundation to help with medical assistance of people with albinism \u2013 who are more prone to skin cancer and poor eyesight because of their genetic condition.<\/p>\n<p>So why would Ke\u00efta take on such a role as special adviser on cultural affairs to a man who has led not one but two coups \u2013 the first in August 2020 and the second in May 2021?<\/p>\n<p>Three years ago, there was significant popular support for Mali\u2019s military junta when it seized power after mass protests against then-President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke\u00efta, who is no relation to the musician.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shock. 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The 73-year-old might be in semi-retirement and eclipsed nowadays by Afrobeats stars, but he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>African music legend sings tune of Mali&#039;s coup leaders - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/29\/african-music-legend-sings-tune-of-malis-coup-leaders\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African music legend sings tune of Mali&#039;s coup leaders - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shock. 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