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From a musical perspective, Mali is an incredibly rich country. Many of Africa’s most famous musicians come from Mali—performers like Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare, Amadou and Mariam, Rokia Traore, Habib Koite, Toumani Diabate, and the late Ali Farka Toure. The diversity of the music of Mali is truly astounding, from well-known “Malian blues” and Mande jeliya (griot) music to the music of the Tuareg, Dogon, and hunters’ societies that also represent distinctive and vital, if less familiar, regional musical traditions in Mali.