This is a song about wondering, about displacement and about the exile of the Touareg people following the terrible droughts of the mid 1970s and 1980s. Since these catastrophic events, homesickness and longing have become the most potent emotions in modern Touareg music.
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This is a song about wondering, about displacement and about the exile of the Touareg people following the terrible droughts of the mid 1970s and 198… read more
This is a song about wondering, about displacement and about the exile of the Touareg people following the terrible droughts of the mid 1970s and 1980s. Since these catastrophic events, … read more
Tinariwen (in Tuareg: "ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ"; from Tamasheq (Berber), Tenere, the desert) is a Tuareg music group, originating from Tessalit in the Adrar des Ifoghas, a region shared between southern Algeria and northern Mali. The band's fifth album Tassili, released in 2011, won the Award for Best World Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. Formed in 1982, in strikingly unusual circumstances for a musical ensemble, Tinariwen blend ancient musical traditions with radical contemporary politics. Despite severe natural and man-made hardships, young Kel Tamashek exiles continued perfo… read more
Tinariwen (in Tuareg: "ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ"; from Tamasheq (Berber), Tenere, the desert) is a Tuareg music group, originating from Tessalit in the Adrar des Ifoghas, a region shared between sou… read more
Tinariwen (in Tuareg: "ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ"; from Tamasheq (Berber), Tenere, the desert) is a Tuareg music group, originating from Tessalit in the Adrar des Ifoghas, a region shared between southern Algeria and northern Mali. The band… read more