With "N"Darila", her first solo album, Kankou goes back to her roots. Kankou"s texts are philosophical in the Manding tradition, where she interprets her social surroundings and society. She speaks about Woman"s rights and good behaviour towards your fellow humans. We formed her group Les Etoiles de Garana, in order to record this album with cousins and far cousins of the Kouyate family. Kankou grew up with the N"goni Bass player Madou Kouyate, son of the famous Bassekou, and Lassine Kouyate who is the percussionist of the legendary guitarist Baba Salah. N"Goni player Kandiafa, was always around in their childhood. The drummer and percussionist Legre Thibaut Sery is from the Ivory Coast, but migrated to Mali years ago, touring with Salif Keita, Oumou Sangaré, Vieux Farka Touré... along with the guests Bassekou Kouyate and the Guinean Kora player Sefoudi Kouyate, they bring a contemporary and authentic groove to the traditions they grew up with. The album was recorded during three days in Bamako, and mostly created in the moment. The producers Carolina Vallejo & Madou Kouyate had a common vision to use acoustic traditional and natural instruments, in order to bring out Kankou"s unique voice to the full, with her moral messages, full of natural wisdom from the Malian earth and spirits.