Artist Profile - Ahmed Fofana

Ahmed grew up in the griot tradition of poetry and music. A talented multi-instrumentist, he has played the flute, balafon (African xylophone), kora and hand drums for numerous Malian greats, including Toumani Diabaté and Vieux Farka Touré. Today he is still touring with them but is mainly focusing on his own projects, including Riff Mandingue, a the project "Baro" was taken from, which will come out on Akwaaba.