One U.S. athlete’s bid for Olympic gold is being fueled by his father’s voice. But Salif Mane’s father won’t be in Paris to cheer on his son when he competes, for the first time, at the Summer ...

Salif Keita, the fine guitarist and astounding singer from Mali in West Africa, opened and closed his Royce Hall performance with gentle acoustic music from his current Universal release "Moffou." ...

He is always there, offering words every father should relay. Salif Mane knows what is coming, what his father will say before every competition — he is proud, he is praying, he believes the best is ...

Salif Keita is known today as the "golden voice" of Africa, but in his youth he was an outcast, unaccepted by his community because he was born with albinism. Turning to music as an outlet, Keita rose ...

PARIS -- For the past three years, competition days have begun the same way for Salif Mane. The American triple jumper grabs his phone, taps open his voicemail app, scrolls to a series of saved voice ...

Salif Keita, one of the best African singers of the past century, had a 40-plus-year career that took him around the world and produced some 25 albums. Now, Keita is retiring from recording and in ...

This is part 6 of a 6-part series. Some of the greatest songs come out of the most trying circumstances. Mandjou is one such song. It featured on the eponymous 1978 album and had been composed when ...

Salif Keita has been called the "golden voice of Mali" and a pioneer of the music called Afro-pop. He was born of royalty -- a direct descendant of Mali's 13th-century founding father -- but was ...

Born and raised in the Bay Area of Northern California, Elé Salif Howell officially began his drumming career at the tender age of two, with the gifting of his first drum set. Elé studied piano and ...

Known around the world as "The Golden Voice of Mali," Salif Keita's unique sound blends the traditional styles of his West African homeland with influences from Cuba, Spain, Portugal, and the Middle ...