‘Family concert: Momi Maiga’

The kora is a string instrument widely played in West Africa. It generally has twenty-one strings played by strumming with the fingers and combines the characteristics of the lute and the harp. Momi Maiga is a songwriter, composer, musician and singer, and one of the finest kora players of our time, keen to share his passion for the kora with a younger audience. Come and discover the kora and other instruments from the oral tradition of West Africa through music, songs and movement.