Andy Morgan Writes https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html THE CAUSES OF THE TOUAREG UPRISING OF JAN 2012 – The 4th roll of the Tamashek Dice TINARIWEN – Sons of the desert TINARIWEN #2 – La dolce vita, desert style After Gao: how important are mixed patrols to Mali’s future? DANYEL WARO – Mongrel and proud CHEIKHA REMITTI #2 – Ethnomusicology is not my predilection! The Bataclan and the battle for music SOUAD MASSI – What can Ibn Arabi do against Daesh? Translation: ‘Algiers’ by Denis Péan BOMBINO – Revving up beyond the sand TINARIWEN – Guitar poets in Nueva York BLICK BASSY: Simonobisick’s Letter An extract from my book Blick Bassy ‘1958’ MBONGWANA STAR – Kinshasa’s Afro-junk revolutionaries Andy Morgan – Translator Translation: Que Vola? artist biog TalkingGig: Songhoy Blues PLAZA FRANCIA: Tango’s long distance love affair Japan 2019 Pedalling Home 2021 Translation: ‘The Wise Landscape of the Face’ by Michel Onfray Translation: ‘Simonobisick’s Letter’ by Blick Bassy TARAGALTE FESTIVAL – Dreaming of a better Sahara Zanzibar – Behind the veil JOE SACCO – My hero TAMIKREST – The coalition, the knot, the future CHEIKH LO – Senegalese soul of many colours ‘BENDA BILILI’ – “They never told us it was impossible…” SOCKLO – The genius guitar maker of Kinshasa MUSIC UNDER FIRE – There’s nothing more revolutionary than joy. THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS – From Fear to Fury AFROCUBISM – An old transatlantic love story Northern Mali – A failure of Western policy in the Sahel GUNS, CIGARETTES AND SALAFI DREAMS – The roots of Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) ALGHABASS AG INTALLA – Interview with the head of the MIA Northern Mali – Options, what options??!! SAHARA SOUL – Bassekou Kouyate, Tamikrest, Sidi Toure. The Ouagadougou Accords – Peace in our time? What does Morocco want from Mali? WOMEX 2013 AWARD SPEECH – What the Festival in the Desert did for one dumbfounded tourist Does the Touareg question have an answer? SEYDOU CISSÉ of GANDA IZO – “We should have followed the MNLA from the start” LO’JO – In Georgia SIDI TOURE – Easy to listen to and easy to love… JUPITER – Kinshasa’s rebel general stands tall KINSHASA SYMPHONY – The art of Haydn and <i>debrouillardise</i> CD SLEEVE NOTES – ‘Clychau Dibon’ by Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita PHOTO ESSAY: Songhoy Blues in Bamako