Festival au Désert

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Audience at the Festival au Desert near Timbuktu, Mali 2012
Tuaregs at the January 2012 Festival au Désert in Timbuktu, just before the MNLA launched the Azawadi rebellion later in the same month.

The Festival au désert ("Festival in the Desert") is an annual concert in Mali, showcasing traditional Tuareg music as well as music from around the world. From 2001 until 2009 the festival was held in Essakane but because of security issues, from 2010 the festival has been held on the outskirts of Timbuktu.[1][2]

The Tuareg band Tinariwen first garnered international attention with their performance at the 2001 Festival.

A French-language documentary entitled Le Festival au Désert was filmed at the 2003 festival. Performers include Tartit, Oumou Sangaré, Lo'Jo, Tinariwen, Robert Plant with Justin Adams, Blackfire, Django, and Ali Farka Touré. The DVD contains English subtitles, and an audio CD of the concert, Festival in the Desert, was also released.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Tombouctou : Le Festival du Désert aura bien lieu (in French), Primature: Portail Officiel du Governement Mali, 28 October 2010, retrieved 25 December 2011 .
  2. ^ Togola, Diakaridia (11 January 2010), "Festival sur le désert : Essakane a vibré au rythme de la 10ème édition", Le Quotidien de Bamako (in French), retrieved 25 December 2011 .

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