A musical message of hope from Mali's Rokia Kone
by editors@theworld.org (Marco Werman) from The World: Latest Stories on (#726CY)
Rokia Kone recorded the song N'yanyan in one take, on a night when the world around her was in upheaval. It was August of 2020, and there was a coup d'etat in Mali. She found solace in the words, "Things may be bad now, but it's only a moment in time." Host Carolyn Beeler has more.
This story originally aired on Nov. 29, 2021.