N'Faly Kouyate
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N'Faly Kouyate is a Guinean musician. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa.
In 1994 Kouyate moved to Belgium and formed his ensemble Dunyakan (The Voice of the World). He has played the kora with the group Afro Celt Sound System since 1997.
His father was the griot Konkoba Kabinet Kouyate, who lived in Siguiri, Guinea.
[edit] External links
- N'Faly Kouyate article
- Dunyakan site
- Spinning around the source. Slumbering stories in and around Siguiri. Article by Rachel Laget based on anthropological field research. (www.xpeditions.eu)