Teju Cole is an author and photographer born in the US and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. When Marco Werman spoke with him in the beginning of 2020, Cole had just returned from his first trip to Mali, a country rich in music. We revisit that conversation with Teju Cole and play some of his favorite music from Mali.
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