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Learning to play the kora in the south of France. Photograph: Nic Kane

Learn the kora in southern France

The Kora Workshop is a small UK company that makes beautiful, high quality koras (a type of West African harp) and teaches people how to play them. UK festivalgoers may have bumped into its staff at Womad or Tribal Earth, but it also offers week-long immersion workshops in the Aveyron in southern France. They include seven days of tuition (both individual and group sessions), as well as shared accommodation and the loan of a kora. The first week got booked up quickly, so move fast if you’re interested.
14-21 Sept, £510, thekoraworkshop.co.uk