The eldest of the founding duo of the Touré Kunda group died in Paris following a long illness, at the age of 73. With him, it is a page in the history of one of the pioneering groups which, from Paris, opened the doors of the West to African music.
When in 1973 Ismaïla Touré left his native Casamance to come to France, his head was full of dreams. One, in particular: to get into music, which seems impossible to him in Senegal, under the disapproving gaze of parents. Two years later, we find him in Paris, studying at…
