Mande Music From Mali (Africa)Author: Diabate, Kasse Mady Release Date: 04 03 2003 Details: Amazon. ca Though this Malian griot has a career stretching back to the early 70s, he's not nearly as well known as his musical pedigree would lead you to expect. Kassi Kasse is his first solo work since the patchy but intriguing brace of albums he recorded with producer Ibrahim Sylla in Paris in 1989 and 1990. But you're more likely to know his voice from guest appearances on the Songhai 2