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Tinariwen (and Guests) – Nannuflay

https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-guests-nannuflay/

Nannuflay (“Fulfilled”) from Tinariwen‘s album Elwan in 2017. With American rockers Kurt Vile and Mark Lanegan as guests.

In the Sahara Desert, an old Tuareg man comes back to the camp where he grew up for a party. He remembers the joys and the torments of the nomadic life he lived with a friend who […]

#Blues #DesertBlues #Mali #Tuareg

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD 8h ago

Here is duo #AmadouAndMariam of #Mali.

https://youtu.be/gnvJEhRNkSw
https://youtu.be/J43T8rEOg-I
https://youtu.be/NRtQmqqfdoc
https://youtu.be/O30-zyU-U3M
#LunchtimeListens #WorldMusic

Le son du VorteX | Radio 16h ago

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#VortexWave #BallakéSissoko #Mali #Traditionnel #2000s

Kriszta Satori 1d ago

#BBCNews - Burkina Faso must 'forget' about democracy, military leader says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly0zp1xgz3o
More about #Burkina #Mali and #Niger from #TheGlobalJigsaw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6r7h

Captain Ibrahim Traoré says Burkina Faso must 'forget' about democracy

Capt Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in 2023, says democratic rule would not work for his country.

BBC News

Kareem 1d ago

🇲🇱🇷🇺🇧🇫|| Armed attacks have escalated in the #Sahel in recent days, with military positions targeted in both #Mali and #Burkina_Faso, including a joint patrol involving Malian forces and #Russia-n elements in the #Timbuktu region.

In Burkina Faso, coordinated attacks struck military positions in Ouahigouya and Fada N’Gourma, leaving at least 20 Burkinabe soldiers dead, according to unverified sources, along with the seizure of military equipment.

The Japan Times 2d ago

A Human Rights Watch report has found that government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more ⁠than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/02/world/burkina-faso-mali-civillian-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #burkinafaso #mali #civilliandeaths #humanrightswatch #armedconflictlocationeventdata

Burkina Faso and Mali troops kill more civilians than jihadists do, data shows

Widespread deaths of civilians at the ‌hands of ‌government forces could bolster the political legitimacy of militant groups and fuel recruitment, analysts said.

The Japan Times

African Music Forum (AMF)2d ago

Amadou & Mariam – Bofou Safou

https://amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-mariam-bofou-safou/

From Amadou & Mariam‘s album “La Confusion”, an AfroPop and Dance release in 2017, after a five-year recording absence. In the dominant language of Mali, Bambara, “Bofou Safou” refers to someone who lives and dies for nothing, mainly “nonchalant young men who would rather dance than work.” The song is part of an EP that […]

#Mali #Pop #Electro #Remixed

African Music Forum (AMF)4d ago

Ishumar – Toumast

https://amf.didiermary.fr/ishumar-toumast-2007/

Ishumar is the first album by band Toumast, released in October 2006.
Moussa Ag Keyna, a former Tuareg fighter who took refuge in France, formed the group Toumast in the spirit of Tinariwen in the mid-1990s. He was joined by the singer Aminatou Goumar.

Lead singer Moussa Ag Keyna who, together with Aminatou [Goumar] and French […]

#DesertBlues #Mali #Niger #Tuareg #Global