Ali Farka Toure

In 2004 Ali Farka Toure became mayor of Niafunke. "Wojewoda" is a current name of the governor of a province (voivodship - "województwo") in Poland. Toure is noted as the mentor to popular Malian musician Afel Bocoum. The term is often (though improperly) translated into English as "duke" and vice versa. He reappeared in 1999 with Niafunke, a more traditional album focusing on African rhythms and beats. It was the highest military rank in armies of Montenegro, Serbia, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and among the Chetniks. Toure usually sings in one of several African languages, as on his breakthrough album, Ali Farka Toure, which established his reputation in the world music community. 1994's Talking Timbuktu, a collaboration with Ry Cooder, sold promisingly well in western markets, but was followed by a hiatus from releases in America and Europe. It was used by medieval Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian and Serbian states, similar to the Turkish "Sanjaqbey".

As the first African bluesman to achieve widespread popularity on his home continent, Toure is often known as "the African John Lee Hooker". A territory over which a voivod rules is called a voivodship (see Vojvodina). Ali Farka Toure (born 1939 in Niafunke, Mali) is an African blues singer and guitarist, known throughout the continent as one its most famous performers. Later the term came to denote the governor of a province. Voivod (also spelled vajda, vojvod, vojvoda, wojwod, wojewoda, voivode, voivoda, Voievod, Russian: воевода, voyevoda) is a term of Slavic etymology denoting a military commander, literally, a warlord, (from "voi", plural "voie" - "warrior(s)", and "vodit'" - "to lead"). Voivods of Transylvania.

Voivods of Moldavia. Voivods of Wallachia. Romania