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Malian musician claims US customs broke instrument


 
Ballake Sissoko 

Malian musician Ballake Sissoko claims his musical instrument was broken during a US customs check.

Sissoko plays the kora, a traditional West African musical instrument similar to a harp.

He says when he returned to Paris on 4 February following a US tour, he opened up the instrument's case to find it in pieces.

Inside the case, there was a leaflet from US customs claiming they had opened the case for inspection.

However, it is unclear when exactly the musical instrument was broken.

US customs officials have yet to reply to the BBC's request for comment.

'Impossible to replace'

Sissoko has performed in concerts around the world including at the BBC Proms in London. /i 2009. u Novom Sadu na koncertu koga se poneki dobro secaju

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Images posted to his Facebook page show the musical instrument in pieces. A statement on the page claims the neck of the kora has been removed.

"The strings, bridge and entire, delicate and complex sound system of amplification has been taken apart.

"Even if all the components that have been disassembled were intact, it takes weeks before a kora of this calibre can return to its previous state of resonance. These kinds of custom-made koras are simply impossible to replace," the statement said.

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"In Mali, the jihadists threaten to destroy musical instruments, cut the tongues out of singers, and silence Mali's great musical heritage. And yet, ironically, it is the USA customs that have in their own way managed to do this," the statement added.

Sissoko claims he checked in the instrument in a hard case at the airport in New York and only inspected it when he arrived back at his apartment in Paris.

The leaflet from Transport Security Authority (TSA) said a security agent had inspected the case and apologised for any inconvenience caused.

A number of Sissoko's supporters took to social media to voice their support for the musician and demand an apology from US customs.

 

nemos ti jenkija zajebat s nekim tamo ozicenim tikvama

 

 

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Od utorka necemo ni mi moci kod vas:

 

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BREAKINGUS travel ban from UK and Ireland confirmed

The ban on travel to the US from UK and Ireland will begin at 00:00 Eastern time on Tuesday (04:00 GMT), US Vice-President Mike Pence has confirmed.

He said US citizens and US legal residents would still be able to return to the US from those countries after the ban came into effect. 

They would be "funnelled through specific airports" and told to self-quarantine, he said.

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Trampara blokirao letove iz Evrope i odredio 13 aerodroma na koje će povratnici moći da slete.

 

Rezultat: stotine ljudi zgužvani čekaju po aerodromima da ih skrinuju u vreme promocije social distancinga. Vidim da je O'Hare bio posebno kritičan.

 

 

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Imam osećaj da će Covid žestoko da protrese Ameriku, i da će biti najteže žarište uskoro.

Koja su najveća žarišta u SAD?

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