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This information on Orchestre Regional de Keyes has been taken from the Radio Africa webpage:
http://www.radioafrica.com.au/Classics/Kayes.html
Kayes is situated on the Bamako-Dakar railway line in north-western Mali, just near the Senegalese border. The town is a regional capital of one of Mali’s eight administrative regions. Shortly after independence Mali adopted a cultural policy which stipulated that a local orchestra must represent each region, hence the formation of the Kayes orchestra. Each year the orchestras would compete at the national arts festivals. Commencing in 1962, these “semaines”…
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