Kids, Music & Dance: Niam Jali of the Kora Social Studies We discover the secrets that

We discover the secrets that have been passed down his family for generations

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Kids, Music & Dance: Niam Jali of the Kora Social Studies We discover the secrets thatNiam is twelve. He had been abandoned by his parents in the streets of Bamako but was taken in by Cekili Diabate, a good and generous man. Cekili is also a Jali, a folk musician orator more commonly known as a griot. He plays the kora, a stringed instrument half way between a guitar and a harp with 21 nylon strings and a sound box made from half a calabash and covered by a cowhide. Niam blended very quickly into this artistic family, but the challenge