How one maestro invented African salsa 

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​ The death of Boncana Maïga at 77 closes a remarkable chapter in West African dance music. Born in Gao, Mali, Maïga taught himself modern instruments before a scholarship took him to Cuba in the 1960s, where he helped form Las Maravillas de Mali and mastered Afro-Cuban styles. That experience shaped his signature “African salsa,” blending […]