"We are not only against the musicians in Mali. We are in a struggle against all the musicians of the world.”

Militants versus musicians in Mali. Extremist groups controlling Northern Mali [previously, previously] have been cracking down on musicians. "Western" music has been banned, but so has Mali's age-old griot tradition. [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena on Dec 1, 2012 - 32 comments