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From Niger Republic

Reprising those tinder-dry desert blues The Touareg and the Wodaabe nomadic tribes aren't known for their tolerance of each other, their history being&hellip » read more

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From Niger Republic

The poppier end of those Saharan desert blues "There was a time when I wanted to fight with my gun. Today I have to fight with my new weapon, my guit&hellip » read more

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From Niger Republic

Desert bluesman keeping tradition alive You have to wonder how many more unknown great musicians there are wandering nomadically around the Sahel pla&hellip » read more

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From Niger Republic

Prince of the desert blues For a young man born into a nomadic goat-herding family on the outer reaches of the Sahara Desert, Omara Moctar has kept p&hellip » read more

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From Niger Republic

Saharan blues veteran who answers to the name 'desert rebel' Round these parts, we're certainly not averse to some slinky desert blues heading northw&hellip » read more