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Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Eating & Drinking Culture Books Make Marie Kacouchia's recipes for red cabbage salad with mango and peanuts, vegetable mafe (Malian peanut stew) and savoury Mauritian crêpes Get the latest from Laura Brehaut straight to your inbox Sign Up From top to bottom: red cabbage salad with mango and peanuts, vegetable mafe and savoury Mauritian crêpes from Marie Kacouchia's cookbook debut, Vegan Africa. Photo by Fatou Wagué Reviews and recommendations…

There are few places to hide on a solo piano record. The often fragile and expressive format has been a gauntlet for some of music’s great improvisers, including Abdullah Ibrahim on 2021’s Solotude and Keith Jarrett on his bestselling 1975 record The Köln Concert. Malian master musician Cheick Tidiane Seck now provides an entry into the canon with Kelena Fôly – his first solo album in an almost 50-year career.Making a name for himself as a versatile keys player capable of backing the likes of vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater,…

Heritage, a word that’s everywhere these days, comes no weightier than that borne by Vieux Farka Touré, son of Mali’s great guitar master, the late Ali Farka Touré. Even for a teenage Vieux to pick up a guitar required the patriarch’s reluctant consent. Over the past 15 years, Vieux has honoured his eminent father while exploring other connections: reggae, remixes, a stint with Israeli rocker Idan Raichel and, on 2013’s Mon Pays, an embrace of Mali’s wider culture during its conflict-ridden years.The country’s civil wars…