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The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara
For the best part of two centuries, or more, The Sahara has exerted a powerful grip on the European imagination. It has been feared as a god-forsaken place; the graveyard of Beau Geste, Errol Flynn and...
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Northern Mali – A failure of Western policy in the Sahel
The black salafist flag that flutters in the hot desert breeze over Timbuktu symbolises the abject failure of western policy in the Sahel over the past decade or more. Many millions of dollars and...
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A SAHARAN ODYSSEY (extract): Guns, cigarettes & Salafi dreams: the roots of AQIM
Mokhtar Belmokhtar aka Laouaar aka Monsieur Marlboro aka One Eyed Jack The following is an extract from my forthcoming book Kel Tinariwen – A Saharan Odyssey. The context is a visit I made to...
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MUSIC, CULTURE & CONFLICT IN MALI (extract) – Music in the red zone
[pp 41-45] The Festival in the Desert and the advance of Islamism in the north After the Tamanrasset accords of January 6th 1991 that put an end to the rebellion, many Touareg musicians began to...
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MUSIC CULTURE & CONFLICT IN MALI (extract) –“We have come here to teach you...
[pp 129-133] Vandalism and destruction along the great fault line of the Sahel “We have come here to teach you the true faith,” says a tall mujahid, or Islamist soldier, to a small gathering of...
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NEW BOOK – Music, Culture & Conflict in Mali
MUSIC CULTURE & CONFLICT IN MALI By Andy Morgan A Freemuse Publication 220 Pages (approx) Out on May 21st 2013 AVAILABLE FROM: FREEMUSE BOOKSTORE iTUNES BOOKSTORE AMAZON “‘Andy takes you on a...
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