Born in Mali to a diplomatic family, Traoré has traveled throughout the world, picking up pieces of herself along the way. That mix of origins is reflected in her music, which combines African and ...

Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré is to be deported to Belgium from Rome following her losing an appeal at Italy’s High Court. The 50-year-old singer was arrested on 20 June from Rome’s Fiumicino ...

Traore, 50, is one of Africa's best-known vocalists and was a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR from 2016 to 2018. "Rokia suffered an injustice. She was arrested without ...

When war broke out in the West African nation of Mali last year, one of the targets was that country's ancient music tradition. As Islamist rebels occupied northern Mali, they banned music and shut ...

As the daughter of a Malian diplomat, Rokia Traoré grew up hopping around the globe, moving from Belgium and France to Algeria and Saudi Arabia. But nothing quite prepared her for a sojourn to the ...

Not even a ban on music could stop Mali-born Rokia Traoré from telling her stories through song. On her new album "Beautiful Africa," Traoré pays tribute to her native continent as well as other ...

I am Rokia Traore, a Malian singer, songwriter and perfomer and I have come to Goudoubo camp, Burkina Faso with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to listen to the stories of the Malian refugees who fled ...

Mali's Rokia Traore - one of Africa's best known vocalists - was recording her first album in five years when the north of her country fell to Islamist rebels. She returned to live in Mali five years ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Malian musician Rokia Traoré, 42, often sings in the Bambara language of her home country but is also influenced by ...