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===Legendary Origin=== [[Mandinka people|Mandinka]] oral tradition preserves several legends of the origin of the kora, but all of them claim that the instrument originated in [[Kaabu]]. In the stories, the famous [[Djeli|Jali]] Mady Wouling [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4qSOfgrccc&t=1s Cissoko] purchased the instrument from a [[djinn]] or spirit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Origines de la Kora |url=http://chantshistoiremande.free.fr/Html/origines1.php#bas1 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=Chants et Histoires du Mande |language=French}}</ref> and was the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ak4c065qUs&t=6s first person to play the kora], the first song played was kelefaba.
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