kora
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He added that he has often been offended by "people who have cliches about African music, who expect Africa to produce a certain type of sound" via instruments such as the kora or percussion.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
He scored the opening scenes, which paint a portrait of the vibrant, thriving Dahomey village, with African pastorale — bouncing a string orchestra along with a gentle groove on regional instruments including kalimba and kora.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022
The latter’s 1974 single “Kalimba Story,” for example, inspired Williams’s use of the African thumb-piano on the song “Urban Driftwood,” which also features her on the harplike kora.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021
The results were a documentary, “Throw Down Your Heart,” two albums of collaborations recorded in Africa and, in 2009, a tour with Toumani Diabaté, a Malian master of the harplike kora.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2020
It’s like the first pluck of a kora string, and it reverberates through my entire body.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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