So that 's what this trip and the film and the record were all about -- going to Uganda , Tanzania , Mali and Gambia and finding musicians and filming interactions with them and recording it all . Bela Fleck , top-rank banjo player , went to Africa to seek instrument 's roots . Fleck : " I'm a musician and an anthropologist who has spent years studying the African music of West Africa. Musician collaborated with African kora player Toumani Diabate .
Bela Fleck , top-rank banjo player , went to Africa to seek instrument 's roots . Fleck : " I'm a musician and an anthropologist who has spent years studying the African music of West Africa. Musician collaborated with African kora player Toumani Diabate .