Known as “the blind couple from Mali," the duo of Amadou Bagayoko, who lost his vision at age 16, and Mariam Doumbia, who ...

Whatever version one believes (mine is closer to the Dyongu Seru story), Sigui takes years of meticulous planning in which ...

Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.

Stein joined Kouyaté, who had relocated to America, in a journey back to Mali and Guinea. There, Stein would come to understand a centuries-old tradition and become one of the first foreign ...

Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

Mali is a renowned hub of culture in the region, having hosted several important festivals on the international arts circuit. "Mali is a global cultural powerhouse," said the recently-appointed ...

Two hundred years have passed since the invention of braille, the tactile writing system that has transformed the lives of ...

The guitar is an integral part of Mali’s griot tradition, the cultural practice of storytelling through music. Musicians adapted the guitar to emulate the sounds of traditional string ...