| Dimi Mint Abba | Person | Female | Mauritania | | instrument (as “ardin”) |
| Marshall Allen | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Amalgamy | | | | | instrument |
| Jean-Jacques Avenel | Person | Male | France | | instrument, member of band |
| Richard Bourreau | Person | Male | France | | member of band |
| Paul Butler | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Camara | Person | | Senegal | | instrument |
| Ladji Camara | Person | | | | instrument |
| Mamady Ba Camara | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument |
| Seyni Camara | Person | | | | instrument |
| Cheick Tidiane Dia | Person | | Bamako | | instrument |
| Chérif Soumano | | | | | instrument |
| Don Cherry | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Ishaan Chhabra | Person | Male | India | | instrument |
| Baboulaye Cissokho | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Boubacar Cissokho | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Cheich Cissokho | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Kauwding Cissokho | Person | | | | instrument |
| Lamine Cissokho | Person | Male | Sweden | | instrument |
| Malang Cissokho | Person | Male | Finland | | instrument |
| Moussa Cissokho | Person | Male | Austria | | member of band |
| Solo Cissokho | Person | Male | Norway | | instrument, member of band |
| Ablaye Cissoko | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Ba Cissoko | Person | Male | Guinea | | instrument |
| Kaouding Cissoko | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Kélontan Cissoko | Person | Male | Guinea | | instrument |
| Maher Cissoko | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Noumoucounda Cissoko | Person | Male | Dakar | | instrument |
| Sousou Cissoko | Person | Female | | | instrument |
| Djeli Moussa Condé | Person | Male | Paris | | instrument (as “cora”), instrument |
| Stanley Cowell | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Benjamin Cucchiara | Person | Male | France | | member of band |
| Moussa Dembélé | Person | Male | Belgium | | member of band |
| Noums Dembele | Person | | | | member of band |
| Balla Diabaté | Person | Male | | | member of band |
| Madou Sidiki Diabaté | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument |
| Mamadou Diabaté | Person | Male | Mali | 5 | instrument |
| Prince Diabaté | Person | Male | France | | instrument |
| Sidiki Diabaté | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument, member of band |
| Toumani Diabaté | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument (as “machine-head”), instrument (as “traditional”), instrument, member of band |
| Brehima Diakite | Person | | | | instrument |
| Tom Diakité | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument |
| Salif Diarra | Person | Male | Burkina Faso | | instrument |
| Salifou Diarra | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Soungallo Diarra | Person | | Mali | | instrument |
| Yacouba Diarra | | | | | instrument |
| Djeli Moussa Diawara | Person | Male | Guinea | | instrument |
| Tata Dindin | Person | Male | Gambia | | instrument |
| Richard Donkor | Person | Male | Ghana | | instrument |
| Josh Doughty | Person | Male | United Kingdom | | instrument |
| Amadou Doumbouïa | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Kunda Drame | Person | | | | instrument |
| Mamadou Dramé | Person | Male | Belgium | | member of band |
| Charley Drayton | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Lucy Durán | Person | Female | United Kingdom | | instrument (as “2nd kora”) |
| Mbye Ebrima | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Loy Ehrlich | Person | Male | France | | instrument |
| Loy Erhlich | Person | | | | instrument |
| Ryan Francesconi | Person | Male | United States | | recording |
| Braima Galissá | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Νίκος Γράψας | Person | Male | Greece | | instrument |
| Joël Grare | Person | Male | France | | instrument |
| Phillip Harris | Person | Male | Brooklyn | | member of band |
| John Hughes | Person | Male | United States | | instrument |
| Jacques Burtin | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Sidiqui Jajo | Person | | Côte d'Ivoire | | member of band |
| Daniel Janke | Person | Male | Canada | | instrument |
| Tunde Jegede | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Keba Jeremiah | Person | Male | India | | instrument |
| Amadu Bansang Jobarteh | Person | Male | Gambia | | instrument |
| Dawda Jobarteh | | | | | instrument (as “electric kora”), instrument |
| Malamini Jobarteh | Person | Male | Gambia | | instrument |
| Sanjally Jobarteh | Person | | | | instrument |
| Sona Jobarteh | Person | Female | England | | instrument |
| Keba Kamaso | Person | | | | instrument |
| Mamadi Kamissoko | Person | | | | instrument |
| Kandia Kora | Person | Male | Conakry | | instrument |
| Ndemba Kanouté | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Pape Siriman Kanouté | Person | Male | Italy | | instrument (as “Papé Kanouté”) |
| Mory Kanté | Person | Male | Guinea | 4 | instrument |
| Amadu Kanuteh | Person | Male | Gambia | | instrument |
| Jewuru Kanuteh | Person | | | | instrument |
| Kemang Kanouté | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Sourakata Koité | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Dembo Konte | Person | Male | Gambia | | instrument |
| Lamine Konté | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Salif Bama Kora | Person | | | | instrument |
| Diémori Kouyaté | Person | | Guinea | | instrument |
| Kadialy Kouyate | Person | | Senegal | | instrument |
| Kemo Kouyaté | Person | | | | instrument (as “cora”), instrument |
| Mamad Kouyate | Person | | | | instrument |
| Mamadou Kouyaté | Person | Male | Mali | | instrument |
| N'Faly Kouyaté | Person | Male | Brussels | | instrument (as “cora”), instrument |
| Noumoukounda Kouyaté | Person | Male | | | instrument |
| Sefily Kouyaté | Person | | | | instrument |
| Sekou Kouyate | Person | Male | Conakry | | instrument, member of band |
| Soriba Kouyaté | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument, member of band |
| Aziz Kuyatch | Person | | | | instrument |
| Kausu Kuyateh | Person | Male | Senegal | | instrument |
| Sarjo Kuyateh | Person | | | | instrument, member of band |