Salif Keita

Salif Keita is a solo artist associated with ML whose catalog here spans 1991–2003. The artist is connected with Afrobeat, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Afrobeat shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Wamba”, “Madan (Exotic disco edit)”. Then move to “African Worldbeat” and “Exotic Dancefloor” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.