Yacouba Sissoko and his kora.
Malinke (“from Mali”) kora player, Yacouba Sissoko recently recorded a song for Nick Jr.’s “Bubble Guppies,” in Dubway’s Mezzanine.
The song was produced and directed by Emmy award-winning composer, Michael Rubin, and will make an appearance on Bubble Guppies’ newest season.
The kora is a traditional Malinke instrument with 21-strings and a gourd resonator. In Mali, the kora is used to pass on oral history through song. Sissoko belongs to a long line of kora players from a well-known Djeli family.