I'm a gullah geechee jamaican descent in U.S.A and ultimately a Mandinka descent/West Afrikan descent and I've come back to dis song so many times since I've found it, shed tears and all (many times). My grandfatha played blues and my fatha and uncle love da blues. I make music myself (Hip Hop). We descend from deez people, Djeliw. dis is da root of blues. da tings he sings about here resonate even here. da Earth hasn't changed but da people of today have. (many of our people are forgetting our culture & original ways of living) and even still, so many tings have remained da same. (especially within our culture, it jus looks a lil different) to any Afrikan diaspora descendant reading dis, its for a reason. our ancestas are wakin up within us and calling us back home. if you found dis video & dis comment, its bcuz you was guided here. you have a culture & home in Afrika, you have noble and honorable traditions. seek and embrace dem. one love and Afrikan liberation for all people wanting & willing to be free. ❤🖤💚

The impact of traditional African music on todays mainstream music is undeniable. The African continent always stood out when it comes to creativity, art and music.

The roots of blues, jazz, funk and pop music are from Mali.From one region of the country to another region you will find different styles. Malian music is richer. One day a Jamaican woman whose husband is from Mali was having her hair braided by my wife, and I played a video of a diva from Mali, my country, she was amazed. She said this sounds like reggae music. The song is a traditional Malian song and not modernized at all. We used to live in Washington DC at that time. It was in 1998. Thank you guys! We can see how the world is small.❤❤❤

I hear blues, I hear jazz, I hear soul music. This is where it all started. Much respect.

Only in Africa does the sunshine reach your eardrums

sometimes humans can be extremely beautiful

Duna ma yelema, bi ma de yelema la: "the world has not changed, it is the people of today have changed"

As an African American who is part mandinka, this touches my heart. My people 🥺

From Eritrea. Love west African music. There is just something about it that soothes the soul. I was introduced to Malian music by listening to Habib Koite. One love from one African to another !

I'm a Somali We have the Kaban/Qarami style of blues. Played on Oud guitars. Both Boubacar Traore and Ali Farka played soul-touching music rhythms. Pure talent from the beautiful country of Mali

Love all the comments from around the world! This American music lover joins you in loving this magical performance!

Im Turkish, I have partial african ancestry from my grandmother's side and this video brings me closer to my great ancestors. Thank you for it.

They just saying in the song : the world didn't change but people changed. ( Dunia ma yelema, bi ma de yelemana)

Love for Mali from Ethiopia!

Less is more. This brought sunshine also to Finland. Just great.

Two west African music giants. ❤️ 🇲🇱!

Duna ma yelema, bi ma de yelema la the world has not changed, it is the people of today have changed Ni kokè mousso mi yé , o bi maflé nalomayé if you do something for a woman, she thinks you're an idiot Ni kokè tié ba mi yé , o bi maffé fiyentoyé if you do something for a man, he thinks you're blind oh Na , Duna ma yelema, bi ma de yelema la .... oh mother , ...

In Africa we use music to achieve different reasons, sometimes it is for enjoyment, sadness or to heal our souls from the melancholy mood, it is gift bestowed to us by our ancestors

I feel a deep deep connection to West African music. I just don't know how to really explain it. It's so spiritual. That's the power of music. Love from Cameroon 🇨🇲

So much soul and culture. Beautiful melodies and rhythms. Love from a Pakistani brother 🇵🇰

Love from Libya.. lots of immigrants from Mali cross Libya and they are treated in the worst ways, I feel ashamed of my people's attitude and actions towards immigrants, our brothers and sisters. One day, beauty, love and our shared humanity will prevail! RIP Ali

RIP Ali Farka Touré. A jamais dans mon coeur depuis la première fois que je vous ai écouté, vers 1993, en concert à Ouagadougou. Un des plus grands chocs musical de ma vie. Vous avez bouclé la boucle : la fusion parfaite du blues qui venait d’Afrique avec l’Afrique qui avait enfanté le blues. Votre musique me donne la nostalgie d’un pays que je n’ai jamais connu, et on dit de la nostalgie que c’est la tristesse d’avoir été heureux.

Even in 2023, I find myself still entranced by the beauty of this particular song. Listening to it is like heaven for my ears.

This music soothes a good ole country boy from Alabama like me. They sound like a couple of dudes you would catch playing juke joint blues in the Mississippi Delta on a sunny hot lazy day. Nice.

Africa got robbed by Europeans of every physical things !! but they forgot about our soul and that one ! It’s still here exist here 👉 ❤️🌍

Music is the universal language. Love and respect from Brazil

This is where the blues came from

Salamu Alikum & Respect My Mali brothers & Sisters From Somalia 🇸🇴🇲🇱

I want to show my appreciation and love from 🇨🇺 Cuba. This is a great piece of music. One of the most beautiful I have heard.

Our beloved people of 🇲🇱 , love from Sudan 🇸🇩

Love from Ireland! Beautiful

This almost sounds like western music that’s crazy how far back we can trace roots of genres

When I listen to Malian music my soul feels like heaven. You guys are our pride!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peaciful and so modest if we thougth the common musics. RIP Ali Farka the king of the West African for who loves music. Love from Turkey.

Teach the world, my brothers, Afrika is the heart of the world...no apology for anthropology...teach this to the hearers,🙏🏽🙏🏽✊🏾✊🏾👍🏾👍🏾

I listen 1000 times Still am listening it 🥰🥰

The way he lit that cigarette at the beginning was so smooth

AFRICAN MUSIC IS SO BEAUTIFUL WALIE !!

I did a month long backpacking trip to Togo, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali in 1997. Hard travelling, a great trip, lots of good memories.

Beautiful and so cool.

Beautiful music, and photography, too. I love how so many people from diffrrent places came here for this. Greetings from Wyoming, USA.

Greetings from a citizen of the most African city outside Africa (Salvador, Bahia) .

well that's one of the best songs of all time i guess

This is so peaceful and sublime. One of the most beautiful guitar pieces I've ever heard.

Malian musicians, kings of melody, you don't need to know what their songs say but they can make you sleep like a baby. Love from Cameroon.

My friend incarcerated in a Texas prison told me about this. Sublime. Love from Australia.

Listening to these extraordinary musicians you can understand what really means African American Music...Here you can hear where blues, folk and the soul of an entire country came from. Love from Italy ..

J'ai la nostalgie du Mali.Oui le grand Mali de Soundiata ,de Biton Koulibali de Sonni Ali de Kankan Moussa Vive L' AES depuis Ouallam au NIGER.

Much love From the Horn of Africa, From Somalia, 🇸🇴❤🇲🇱

Very beautiful! Hugs from Brazil, land of many descendants of Africans.

Africa❤ the womb of the world...

Not sure how I ended up here but I'm sure glad I did.

I love African rhythms and voices, naturally from the heart.

I m so proud to be African

the great grandmother of blues

🇰🇪 proud to be African always

from the home where it all started Africa, mother of music. God bless mama Africa.

I can hear the foundations for blues but also reggae, especially when they play the off-beat guitar strokes. Just wow

it almost sounds like theres 3 guitars even tho its just them two, its so smooth

África! Mãe do samba, do reggae, do blues e, claro, do rock'n'roll também

love from India

Proud to be african ✊🏽 🇩🇿✊🏽

Wonderful , greeting from Algeria to 🇩🇿🇲🇱 our neighbor

he is singing and saying that today’s people are let change, he left their old culture 😪😪😪

The musicians of Mali make the best music in Africa and West African music in general is of a very high standard

From somalia. Love and respect❤

Greeting to all listeners from my beautiful country Mali 🇲🇱 west Africa these guys are great here in Mali 🇲🇱 including great Salif keita 🙏🏾🤗❤️✌🏾🎩

Respect and love from Algeria 🇩🇿 💚

Mashallah, these are my brothers. Love from Kashmir, Pakistan.

Молодцы, ребята !! Им бы в своё время играть в Blood, Sweat & Tears !! На отрыв и в улёт !! Привет из России 🇷🇺 и с наилучшими пожеланиями !!

What a great tune from the bottom of their talented souls. Its like listening to the early roots of Reggae and Blues...

Lovely music, peaceful setting. Two men sitting together playing without ego, actually listening to the notes and feeling the rhythm. Thank you from America.

Im from Ethiopia...greetings my AFRICAN bloody brothers

Hello from Latin America, Republic of Panama 🇵🇦. Great musician Mory 🇬🇳

voila'aaa.... den din da da da, the cigarette lightnin, the film direction, if any makes this video a pure gem not to mention the humanity , the guitar/vocals style thanks for uploading

The birth of blues imported inadvertently by past actions we still hear see and feel in America

Blues came from Africa... And this is the evidence!!!! Proud African

I listened to this song all day and I didn't get sick of it, every joint I listened to louder....great!

Je viens de tomber dessus et je regrette d'être pas né à votre époque en fait

Love it! From South Africa 🇿🇦

Man, even the way he lights that match is elegant and blends seamlessly with the guitar. Is it just me who noticed that?

LOTS OF LOVE FROM INDIA. PROUND OF YOU THAT YOU ARE PRESERVING THE TRANDITIONAL ROOTS .... HATS OFF MAN....

Two absolute legends. Absolutely devastating how poor Boubacar was, despite his immense fame all over the continent and in Mali

I remember I was listening to Savane walking alone at night in the middle of nowhere in Tenerife desert and that was one of the most beautiful moments for the last few years: just me, darkness, calm air and his majesty Ali Farka Toure. Greetings from Russia!

Am from Guinea Conakry and I love Mali We are so great and is the same flag 🇬🇳🇲🇱

Far away from that. This is what I found from the Reddit about the song Duna Ma Yelema: Duna ma yelema, bi ma de yelema la the world has not changed, it is the people of today have changed Ni kokè mousso mi yé , o bi maflé nalomayé if you do something for a woman, she thinks you're an idiot Ni kokè tié ba mi yé , o bi maflé fiyentoyé if you do something for a man, he thinks you're blind oh Na , Duna ma yelema, bi ma de yelema la .... oh mother , ...

with love from Russia, привет из России!

🌟Pour moi ce sont eux les vraies Superstars 💙🙋‍♂️🎸🅰️⚀

I love how this goes on and on. I could listen to them all day. In a wonderful flow state.

No matter when you come from Peter Tosh once said,,,He was absolutely right. I come from the Northside of Italy and I was born on an ancient Gyptian tribe from North India,,,I can say this music can clean my soul and make me feel more relaxed and full of good vibes ,, Thanks Mama Africa ,Sorry for all the people who don't understand and disrespect the Mother land

Love from India ❤️

The level of swag here is incredible

I love all my African brothers and sisters ❤ This music touches deep within my soul. Africa is beautiful!!!

Each time i here music like this, i feel connected to my inner self 😌

I've had this on loop for 3 days! This brings peace to my soul

En África nació todo. Ritmo, corazón, belleza, qué más decir! Escucharía todo el tiempo ésta música!!! ❤

From Angola to the World 🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴 I love this song even I don't understand what they're saying!!!

Love to Africa from U.S. Beautiful music brings us all together.

I don't understand the lyrics but i do the feeling and the good music. Much respect from Mexico.

Salam from Morocco brothers. ❤