Salif Keita at WWW X, September 29th 2025
The other day I was watching a TV show, the kind of show where they go to specific areas and talk about their food. They profiled a cook who was well known among the locals for making an amazing ramen. In the show they called him a legend. It made me think that term didn’t exactly fit the person in question. After that I noticed that the word ‘legend’ is used a lot, but who’s truly a legend? To me a legend is someone who overcoming hardship was able to make a mark on their field. Someone who established a before and after. Someone who’ll be remembered long after their gone because of their everlasting impact. Without a doubt, on September 29th at WWW X we were in the presence of a legend. Born into royalty in Mali, Salif Keit a was ostracized by his family due to his condition. On top of that he pursued music as a profession, something t...