Djeli Moussa Diawara (born February 1962) is a kora player (Korafola), composer and singer.
Djeli Moussa Diawara (also spelled as Jali Musa Jawara) was born to a Griot family in Kankan, Guinea. His father was a balafon player, and his mother a singer. His half-brother, sharing the same mother, was Mory Kanté. He is a "jali," or "djeli", a Mandinka word for griot. He learnt to play the balafon, the kora and the guitar.
At 18 he played with... meer
