- Dedicated his time and resources to better the agricultural and social situation in Niafunke his home village in the semi-desert region in Northern Mali.
- He was a giant among African musicians and known for drawing a connection between American blues and indigenous guitar music of Mali.
- Two-time Grammy award winner.
- His childhood town of Niafunke has become a pilgrimage spot for locals and tourists.
- Two-time Grammy Award winner who was one of Africa's most famous performers. Toure played a traditional Malian stringed instrument called the gurkel, and was one of the original progenitors of a genre known as Mali Blues.
- Was born in the northern Sahara Desert trading post of Timbuktu. Like many Africans of his generation, the exact date of his birth was not recorded.
- Martin Scorsese called his style of music "the DNA of the blues".
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