The Union Square subway station, with its long passage between the IRT and IND lines, is a prime showcase for musicians, human statues (those people who stand perfectly still for 15 minutes stretches) and, during code orange, heavily armed homeland security guys. Above we see Lankandia Cissoko, a Senegalese Kora player. Three things we love about the Kora. It is built from a calabash, it is acoustic, and it sounds like a harp. Two things we love about Senegal--it is probably Africa's most stable democracy, and polygamy is legal.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Kora guy in the subway
The Union Square subway station, with its long passage between the IRT and IND lines, is a prime showcase for musicians, human statues (those people who stand perfectly still for 15 minutes stretches) and, during code orange, heavily armed homeland security guys. Above we see Lankandia Cissoko, a Senegalese Kora player. Three things we love about the Kora. It is built from a calabash, it is acoustic, and it sounds like a harp. Two things we love about Senegal--it is probably Africa's most stable democracy, and polygamy is legal.
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