Son of African Legend to Perform in Kenya This Week

Vieux Farka Toure, the son of legendary Malian singer and composer will be in Kenya for a concert this week. The show takes place at Alliance Francaise on Wednesday, 9th January from 7:00 in the evening. Tickets for the event are going for Kshs. 500.

Kenya is just one of the stops on the singer’s 17-country African tour that will see him do live shows all over East, Central and West Africa alongside some of the Indian Ocean island countries.

Vieux took up the guitar at an early age despite his father’s warnings and has so far produced five albums between 2007 and now: Vieux Farka Touré, Vieux Farka Touré Remixed: UFOs Over Bamako, Fondo, LIVE and The Secret.