Articles about African kora and its music
In this section you will find a collection of articles exploring the world of the African kora, which I will be publishing at a mindful pace. You will also find informative content designed to complement and support the topics covered in this website. Please feel free to roam around and enjoy.
Types of African koras | The collection of KORA
Find which African kora suits you better: traditional, modernised standard, semitones, skin free or resonance kora; a mix of them?… your choice!
The African kora shop answers | Frequently asked questions
Find all answers about this African kora shop: making process, purchase of your kora., shipping rates, delivery timings, and more.
FAQs about the African kora | The kora is a harp
General frequently asked questions about the world of the African kora: kora players, the instrument, the kora culture, the kora music, and more.
Kora players | African kora music
List of African kora players. Enjoy the African Manding harp music with this list of jalis (griots) and other professional kora players in the world.
What is an African kora? | Musical instrument organology
The kora is a double-stringed bridge harp (it is not a guitar or a sitar) and is formally classified as a harp-lute. Learn more about the organology of a kora here…
For technical reasons (time and effort) during a while I can only offer some of the articles in this section in Castilian (Spanish) till I have ready to publish the English version. Spanish is always where all published articles are found. In the rest of the languages there may always be one or more articles missing yet to be translated. Little by little (domanding, domanding) I will introduce the translations of the missnig articles. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Meanwhile, to read the articles that have not yet been translated into your language, if you wish, follow this link:
KORA manding harps
Kora maker (West African harps)