Guinean singer Mory Kante dies at 70
By DW
27 May 2020 |
7:00 am
The Yeke Yeke singer who brought West African music to the world in the 1980s has died in his native Guinea. His son said the coronavirus travel restrictions prevented him from travelling to France for health treatment.
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