Music
Festival au Désert: the Malian music festival in the Sahara that went into exile
The Festival au Désert, launched in Mali in 2001, brought Tuareg, Malian and international musicians to the dunes…
Tuareg music
Music
A guitar left behind by relatives: Bombino and the Tuareg desert blues
Bombino, born Omara Moctar in 1980 near Agadez in Niger, taught himself guitar in exile in Algeria after…
Arts + Culture
They learned guitar in rebel camps in Libya. In 2012 Tinariwen won a Grammy
Tinariwen formed in the late 1970s among Tuareg exiles in Libya and Algeria, playing electric guitar songs about…