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Mali soldiers say president toppled in coup
Mali soldiers say president toppled in coup
Army mutineers say they have ended Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure's rule and suspended country's constitution. Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayaal reports.
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Children Mining Gold in Mali
Children Mining Gold in Mali
www.hrw.org At least 20000 children work in Malian artisanal gold mines under extremely harsh and dangerous conditions. These children literally risk life and limb. They carry loads heavier than their own weight, climb into unstable shafts, and touch and inhale mercury, one of the most toxic substances on earth. Courtesy NBC Rock Center
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Mokobe - Mali debout (English subtitles_French rap)
Mokobe - Mali debout (English subtitles_French rap)
www.museke.com "Mali debout" ("Mali stand up") is a song written by Mokobe (113) in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mali Independence. Small glossary: - Bamako = capital of Mali - Jakarta = bike, widespread at Bamako, and cause of many accidents - Modibo Keita = the first President of Mali and the Prime Minister of the Mali Federation. He espoused a form of African socialism. - Malick Sidibé = Malian photographer noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the 1960s in Bamako.
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Malian coup leaders given ultimatum
Malian coup leaders given ultimatum
Relinquish power or face sanctions and isolation. That's the warning from Mali's neighbours to the leaders of last week's coup. They've given the rebels 72 hours to restore democracy. Hashem Ahelbarra reports.
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Mali Latino "First Steps" PART 1
Mali Latino "First Steps" PART 1
This is the story of MALI LATINO - the brand new exciting project led by UK musician Alex Wilson and Malian musicians Madou Sidiki Diabate and Ahmed Fofana. The music was commissioned by Aldeburgh Music (www.aldeburgh.co.uk) and will be launched on the 10th May 2009 at the opening of their new facilities at Snape Maltings. For more info, visit www.malilatino.com
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Mali Music - Niger
Mali Music - Niger
Damon Albarn & Afel Bocoum & Malian Musicians - Niger, live at Barbican Hall, London, March 2002 Performers: Damon Albarn -- vocals, guitar, piano, melodica Afel Bocoum -- guitar, vocals Ko Kan Ko Sata Doumbia -- kamele n'goni, vocals Mike Smith -- saxophone, keyboards Diourou Diallo -- flute Hasseye Saré -- violin Hamidi Aly Sarré -- vocals Hama Sankaré -- calabash, vocals Neba Solo -- balafon, vocals Tunde Jegede -- kora Cass Browne -- drums, percussion Simon Burwell -- keyboards Simon Katz -- Guitar Roberto Occhipinti - bass
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Mali Music - Sunset
Mali Music - Sunset
Damon Albarn & Afel Bocoum & Malian Musicians - Sunset, live at Barbican Hall, London, March 2002 Performers: Damon Albarn -- vocals, guitar, piano, melodica Afel Bocoum -- guitar, vocals Ko Kan Ko Sata Doumbia -- kamele n'goni, vocals Mike Smith -- saxophone, keyboards Diourou Diallo -- flute Hasseye Saré -- violin Hamidi Aly Sarré -- vocals Hama Sankaré -- calabash, vocals Neba Solo -- balafon, vocals Tunde Jegede -- kora Cass Browne -- drums, percussion Simon Burwell -- keyboards Simon Katz -- Guitar Roberto Occhipinti - bass
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Mali Music - Bamako City
Mali Music - Bamako City
Damon Albarn & Afel Bocoum & Malian Musicians - Bamako City, live at Barbican Hall, London, March 2002 Performers: Damon Albarn -- vocals, guitar, piano, melodica Afel Bocoum -- guitar, vocals Ko Kan Ko Sata Doumbia -- kamele n'goni, vocals Mike Smith -- saxophone, keyboards Diourou Diallo -- flute Hasseye Saré -- violin Hamidi Aly Sarré -- vocals Hama Sankaré -- calabash, vocals Neba Solo -- balafon, vocals Tunde Jegede -- kora Cass Browne -- drums, percussion Simon Burwell -- keyboards Simon Katz -- Guitar Roberto Occhipinti - bass
5:03
Habib Koite - Baro (Mali)
Habib Koite - Baro (Mali)
Malian guitarist Habib Koité is one of Africa's most popular and recognized musicians. Habib Koité was born in 1958 in Thiès, a Senegalese town situated on the railway line connecting Dakar to Niger, where his father worked on the construction of the tracks. www.contrejour.com Putumayo Presents Acoustic Africa is a soothing and sumptuous collection of acoustic songs by many of Africa's greatest stars, including Angelique Kidjo and Habib Koite. The artists come from all around Africa, and among the 12 songs, 9 countries are represented. The songs are mostly quiet and relaxing, though heavily rhythmic. Stunning vocals are consistent throughout the album. 1. Sore 3:56 Diogal 2. Mindjer Dôce Mel 3:42 Eneida Marta 3. Misahotaka Ny Akama 3:05 Rajery 4. Sedjedo [#] 2:59 Angelique Kidjo 5. Basimanyana 3:15 Vusi Mahlasela 6. Bana 3:38 Faya Tess, Lokua Kanza 7. Mauritania 3:13 Laye Sow 8. Tradição 4:39 Gabriela Mendes 9. Baro 5:03 Habib Koite 10. Palea [#] 3:36 Dobet Gnahore 11. Antonia 4:19 Manecas Costa 12. Fanta Bourama 6:17 Djelimady Tounkara
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Mali - Hawa Pullo - Pulaku
Mali - Hawa Pullo - Pulaku
www.jujunation.com More great African music clips at http
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MALI - Oumou Sangare - Nguatu
MALI - Oumou Sangare - Nguatu
MALI Oumou Sangare Nguatu.. Oumou Sangare (born February 25, 1968, in Bamako, Mali) is a Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou." Wassoulou is a historic region south of the Niger River, and the music there is descended from traditional hunting songs, and is accompanied by a calabash. Her mother was the singer Aminata Diakité. To listen more african and caribbean music online and to download mixtapes visit www.sonicafrica.com internet radio website
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Malian Kora Musician Mamadou Diabate's Ensemble-I
Malian Kora Musician Mamadou Diabate's Ensemble-I
Mamadou Diabate Ensemble: Baye Kouyate (calabash and talking drum), Noah Jarrett (acoustics bass), Mamadou Diabate (composer, arranger and kora), Balia Kouyate (balafon), Djikorya Mory Kante (guitar) Malian kora musician, Mamadou Diabate is a member of the Mandinka West African jeli (musician caste) family. His musical lineage goes back seven centuries to the time of Sunjata Keita, the conqueror of the Malian empire.
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Bassekou Kouyate: Malian Ngoni Master
Bassekou Kouyate: Malian Ngoni Master
Sizzling music from Mali! Afropop captured Ngoni master Bassekou Kouyate's SummerStage performance and also went backstage for an exclusive interview. Bassekou talked to Banning Eyre about how he brought ngoni into the forefront, musical collaborations, and the new Afrocubism project. Features clips from Bassekou's current album, I SPEAK FULA.
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Mali Music - Sunset coming on
Mali Music - Sunset coming on
Primary players include guitarists Afel Bocoum and Lobi Traore, kora player Toumani Diabate, and ngoni player Ko Kan Ko Sata Doumbia. Damon Albarn brought the recordings into a professional studio, adding guitars, keyboards, percussion, and effects to a majority of the tracks, and the result is a thoroughly chilled album. Label: Honest Jon's, 2002
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Niger recieves more Malian refugees fleeing Tuareg violence
Niger recieves more Malian refugees fleeing Tuareg violence
Djibril Oualid and his family are one of 2000 people who have escaped the Tuareg rebellion violence in the northern part of Mali, seeking refuge at Gaoudel in the Niger border village. Men, women and children are seen resting under makeshift huts for shelter. These refugees are happy to be safe despite the limited provision of food, water and medical supplies. Oualid said the rebels took everything away from them aside destroying their country. "I think that this is still early days of their arrival here in Niger and as it is very normal during this first few days of course they have needs about food, the basics needs like access to water, sanitation and so on," said Janet Lim, assistant High Commissioner for the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Although Niger is enduring a national food shortage and irregular rainfalls, the country continues to receive refugees with the help from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, by means of amenities distribution and setting up a new refugee camp to deal with incoming refugees. Neighboring countries, Mauritania and Algeria, UN allies are also accommodating refugees, while a call for a ceasefire and negotiations continue. According to Niger's government an estimated 25000 refugees are seeking refuge in Niger since the conflict initiated. Speaker: Janet Lim, assistant High Commissioner for the UN refugee agency UNHCR. By Noora Faraj Al Arabiya with Agencies
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Mali attempted coup
Mali attempted coup
Conflicting reports now reveal that renegade Malian soldiers who claim to have seized power in an overnight coup by going on state television to declare they had seized power, say they would look to hand over to a new democratically elected government. Other reports say the government has taken back control but it is not clear where president Amadou Toure is . Foreign minister Moses Wetangula and other high ranking dignitaries from around the world are however still stranded in Mali's capital Bamako after rebellious Mali soldiers attacked the presidential palace yesterday night. Kenya airways on its part is working with the government and is hoping to dispatch a plane to evacuate Wetangula and other Kenyans stranded in Bamako.
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Dee Dee Bridgewater's Malian Project - EPK Red Earth 2/2 (Official)
Dee Dee Bridgewater's Malian Project - EPK Red Earth 2/2 (Official)
Daughter and wife of musician, Dee Dee Bridgewater grew up in the jazz and the black American music. Today, this same music has brought her until the crossing with Mandingue music, the traditional Malian music. This musical voyage, is also a spiritual journey and a search for her roots. The journey starts in Mali with the encouenter of Malian musicians, then goes through Paris for the concerts rehearsals, and eventually end in Bamako for the recording of the album. Featuring: Dee Dee BRIDGEWATER, Cheick TIDIANE SECK, Tata BAMBO, Oumou SANGARÉ, Lansine KOUYATE, Moussa SISSOKO, Ali WAGE, Yacouba SISSOKO, SANOGO, Baba SISSOKO, Moriba KOITA, Zoumana TERETA, Edsel GOMEZ, Ira COLEMAN, Minino GARAY, Bassekou KOUYATÉ, Ami SAKO, Gabriel DURAND, SEGOU. Produced by : Zycopolis Productions Directed by : Patrick SAVEY www.myspace.com/zycopolisproductions www.facebook.com/zycopolis www.twitter.com/zycopolis www.zycopolis.com
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MALI MOPTI
MALI MOPTI
The Malian town of Mopti is known as the Venice of Africa because it's surrounded by water. A Reuters Africa Journal report by Rainer Schwenzfeier and Nina Schwendemann
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Aboubacar "Badian" Diabate: Malian Guitar Master
Aboubacar "Badian" Diabate: Malian Guitar Master
(For more of Michal's original world music videos visit her site at inter-muse.com) This video has been a long time coming. The back story I've known guitarist/writer Banning Eyre for years and of course, his and Sean Barlow's tireless efforts with their baby, Afropop Worldwide. I've followed their travels and travails, and admired their dedication and perseverance. I always wanted to collaborate in some way, and I got my chance when Banning called me up in the summer of 2010 and told me he was going to visit a great guitarist who was in town, to record him for a radio show, and would I like to come along? As we drove up to the Bronx, Banning filled me in on how he had first met Badian, and I got a feeling for why this interview was going to be special for him. After a rather steep climb up to a rambling house on a hill, we were greeted by the elegantly clad Badian, and his regal wife. Banning set up his gear in the sunny backyard, and recording commenced. As I shot the performance I realized that the technique Badian used was unlike any I had seen before. One hears rippling melodic lines coming out of koras and ngonis, but transferring that sound to the guitar requires a great delicacy and precision utilizing both the up stroke and the down stroke of the "picking" fingers. Badian's technique is utterly fluid in this way. Thank goodness for a good zoom on my camera; I was able to get nice close-ups of his hands. Badian was in town for a month playing for the various <b>...</b>
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Malian kora musician Mamadou Diabate's Ensemble-II
Malian kora musician Mamadou Diabate's Ensemble-II
Mamadou Diabate Ensemble: Baye Kouyate (calabash and talking drum), Noah Jarrett (acoustics bass), Mamadou Diabate (composer, arranger and kora), Balia Kouyate (balafon), Djikorya Mory Kante (guitar) Malian kora musician, Mamadou Diabate is a member of the Mandinka West African jeli (musician caste) family. His musical lineage goes back seven centuries to the time of Sunjata Keita, the conqueror of the Malian empire.
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Mali rebels advance in north, mutineers seek president
Mali rebels advance in north, mutineers seek president
Tuareg rebels in northern Mali pushed south to occupy positions vacated by government forces, sources said, as mutinous soldiers in the distant capital sought to complete a coup by arresting the president. The MNLA rebels were approaching towns in the desert north, apparently taking advantage of the confusion created by a coup attempt in the capital Bamako by low-ranking soldiers angry at the government's handling of the uprising. By late on Wednesday, the mutinous soldiers had over-run the presidential palace, were in control of state television and roamed the streets of Bamako. But President Amadou Toumani Toure's whereabouts were still unconfirmed, officials said. Mali, which was flooded with men and weapons after Libya's civil war, was being rocked by crises - including the Tuareg-led rebellion, a growing Islamist threat and a food crisis - well before the soldiers mutinied. A Malian officer in the northern town of Kidal said rebels had occupied the military camp in Anefis, 100 km (60 miles) to the southwest, after government forces withdrew. "The army has pulled back to Gao," a source in Timbuktu, another main town in the north, told Reuters, asking not to be named. "There is no longer any military leadership. (The rebels) will take the towns in the north," he said. The MNLA rebels, whose numbers have been swollen by Malian Tuareg returning from the ranks of Libya's army, have been fighting since mid-January for an independent north. They have pushed government <b>...</b>
