Balla Tounkara
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Balla Tounkara is a kora player and singer from Mali.[1]
He was born in Mali into a family of griots, who traditionally played music to the kings of the Malian Empire in their royal court. He started to learn the kora as a child.[2]
Tounkara has released many albums and plays both solo and with a group called Groupe Spirite.[3] He moved to the United States in 1996[4] and now lives in Boston.[5]
