We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.
Rokia TraoreSometimes there are painters or very famous artists who start to become artists after they are dead because an audience or a public know about their art after they die.
Rokia TraoreAmerican audiences don't react in the same way as European ones to African music because, I think, Europeans listen to this music through all the festivals that exist here.
Rokia TraoreMy father was not able to get all the vinyl he used to listen to with me. He couldn't travel as he did it because of his profession as a diplomatic career.
Rokia Traore