Dedicated his time and resources to better the agricultural and social
situation in Niafunke his home village in the semi-desert region in
Northern Mali.
He was a giant among African musicians and known for drawing a
connection between American blues and indigenous guitar music of Mali.
Two-time Grammy award winner.
His childhood town of Niafunke has become a pilgrimage spot for locals
and tourists.
Two-time Grammy Award winner who was one of Africa's most famous
performers. Toure played a traditional Malian stringed instrument
called the gurkel, and was one of the original progenitors of a genre
known as Mali Blues.
Was born in the northern Sahara Desert trading post of Timbuktu. Like
many Africans of his generation, the exact date of his birth was not
recorded.
Martin Scorsese called his style of music "the DNA of the blues".