This is so heartbreaking. Ballaké Sissoko, the highly-acclaimed African musician from Mali, claims that US Customs officials destroyed his custom-made, irreplaceable kora instrument. He arrived back in Paris after a US tour to find his beloved instrument in pieces, with one of those all-too-familiar TSA notices in the case.
Here is a 2011 performance of Ballaké (with Vincent Segal) on All Songs Considered.
Image: Post on Ballaké Sissoko's Facebook page.
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