NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Salif Keita on 28 November 2023. Salif Keita has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 26 episodes and was first played on 26 February 2014.

Salif Keita (b. 25 August 1949), is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer and songwriter from Djoliba, Mali. He has a reputation as the "Golden Voice of Africa", he is also a descendant of the Mali Empire's founder, Sundiata Keita.

He was outcast by his family & ostracized by the community, because he was an albino - a sign of bad luck in Mandinka culture. In 1967, he left Djoliba…