The origins of the Kora

The origins of the Kora

Portrait inspired by Soundiata Keita, also known as the Lion King and Mansa Kankan Musa
Tiramagan Traoré was a general of the great Soundjata Keïta, founder of the Mandinka empire, also referred to as the Mali Empire at the end of the twelfth century through to the sixteenth century. The story goes that Tiramagan Traoré went to the heights of Kabul (present-day Guinea-Bissau which was formerly

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