Salif Keïta is an afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the Golden Voice of Africa but because he has albinism and is a direct descendant of the founder of the Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita. This royal heritage meant that under the Malian caste system, he should never have become a singer, which was deemed to be a griot?s role.
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