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"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

 

woa

Seydou Keïta, self taught Malian portrait photographer, shot some of the most renowned portraiture of 1940 - 1960's Bamakan society. [more inside]
posted by iamck on Nov 4, 2010 - 13 comments

did we see it go by??

the first African sponsored World Social Forum has just come to an end... images (in French)
posted by pwedza on Jan 22, 2006 - 6 comments

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