Collage painting Dancing with the Kora Melody 2011

Artist: Djibril Fall Senegal

Stretched oil on canvas and collage

Height: 29 inches

Width: 21 inches

Description:

The kora is a classical instrument of West African jalis (griots), the historical keepers of oral tradition and praise songs. Singing and percussion often accompany the kora. The unforgettable music is soothing, almost hypnotic, and is said to have very real curative properties.