Damon Albarn made "local king" in Mali
22 February 2016, 16:55
| Written by
Laurence Day
Blur frontman Damon Albarn has been given the status of "local king" in a Malian village.
Albarn's work with African music - especially Malian - is well documented, and following a recent performance at Toumani Diabaté’s Festival Acoustik Bamako in the country, Albarn was honoured for work with Malian music. He also visited a music school in the Griot village of Kirina, and cut the ribbon on a new classroom named after him.
As well as his status as "local king", Albarn has been given a new Malian moniker, Makandjan Kamissoko.
Watch the inauguration of the classroom below, and listen to a report about Albarn's recent trip from BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight.
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