Rokia Traore's career belies the notion that you can't go home again. The 30-year-old singer was born in Mali but spent most of her formative years in Europe with her diplomatically connected family - ...

Every January, I attend globalFEST at a New York City nightclub and see some of the most fantastic music I'll experience all year. Now, given the pandemic's challenges and the hardening of ...

Malian singer Rokia Traore has never been a traditionalist. The daughter of a diplomat, she grew up assimilating European and African cultures, and in her 10-year career, she's developed a sound that ...

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Rokia Traoré has always been a sophisticate. She grew up as the daughter of a diplomat who was posted in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. Her most recent stage ...

Show: With Sinkane on Friday at Lisner Auditorium. Show starts at 8 p.m. 202-994-6800. lisner.gwu.edu. $25-$45. Rokia Traoré's sixth album, "Né So," is dominated by the West African sounds of this ...

Nov 22 (Reuters) - (This 20th Oct. story has been corrected to fix Traore's UNHCR ambassador status in paragraph 2 and correct details of legal process in paragraph 6. This story also adds response ...

Rokia Traoré separated from the Belgian playwright Jan Goossens in 2018, three years after their child was born, and the pair have been locked in a legal battle ever since Malian singer Rokia Traoré ...

Home, and the longing for it after being driven into exile by war, is at the heart of Né So, the sixth and latest album by the Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré. “In 2014”, she sings on the title ...

Listen to Traoré play "Sikey." Born in Mali to a diplomatic family, Traoré has traveled throughout the world, picking up pieces of herself along the way. That mix of origins is reflected in her music, ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. In 1998, singer Rokia Traoré hit the ...