This is one of the first songs which Ibrahim wrote in the 1980s with the help of Inteyeden, a friend and fellow founder-member of Tinariwen, who died of strange illness in 1994. The song is about the rebellion of 1963 in which a group of Touaregs from Adar des Iforas in northeastern Mali rose up spontaneously against the young independent state. The revolt was brutally suppressed by the Malian army and this suppression created a climate of antagonism which lead directly to the second rebellion of 1990.
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This is one of the first songs which Ibrahim wrote in the 1980s with the help of Inteyeden, a friend and fellow founder-member of Tinariwen, who die… read more
This is one of the first songs which Ibrahim wrote in the 1980s with the help of Inteyeden, a friend and fellow founder-member of Tinariwen, who died of strange illness in 1994. The son… 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