Rokia Traoré's Foundation Passerelle

Wednesday June 30, 2010

from BBC’s The Strand

Rokia Traore is fiercely proud of what she calls her modernity, her openness to new things, and she wants to support other young Malian musicians that see themselves in the same way. Martin Vogl reports from Bamako on the progress of the initiative Rokia Traore has started up – the Foundation Passerelle.

Listen to a recording of the radio show here

Zen Remix	3:34	Rokia Traoré
The Man I Love (Tchamantche)	4:44	Rokia Traoré
Tounka (Tchamantche)	3:09	Rokia Traoré

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