My most anticipated and favourite concert of the year. Malian musical giants Djelimady Tounkara, Toumani Diabaté, Kasse Mady Diabaté and Lassana Diabaté with Cuban guitarist Eliades Ochoa and his band, Grupo Patria. Sadly, ngoni master Bassekou Kouyaté was mysteriously denied a US visa.

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