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Photos from Festival au Désert 2010

7 May 2010 – 13:22

Pictures of Afel Bocoum, Amadou & Mariam, Bassekou Kouyaté and Ami Sacko, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Habib Koïté, Khaira Arby, Koudede, Mamar Kassey, Tartit, Terakaft and Tinariwen performing at Festival au Désert 2010 in Timbuktu, Mali.

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Destination Sénégal

13 April 2010 – 22:18

Story of trying to go to Lomé, Togo to buy a car and drive trough Benin, Togo, Ghana and Burkina Faso back to Bamako, Mali but ending up going to Dakar, Sénégal instead.

Tags Africa, Atlantic, Bamako, Benin, Bram, Burkina Faso, Bush Taxi, Cold Beer, Dakar, Ghana, Lomé, Mali, People, Road trip, Saint Louis, Senegal, Sunset, Togo, Travel, West Africa, Yoff | Comments Off

RTS: The Well

30 March 2010 – 00:01

Peul settlers from Chad and Niger causing trouble for local Tuareg population in south eastern Mali.

Tags Africa, Animals, Burkina Faso, Bush, Chad, Freedom of Movement, Indigenous Groups, Livestock, Mali, Niger, Peace, People, Peul, Settlers, Teberemt, Toubab, Tuaregs | Comments Off

RTS: Poetry by the lake

29 March 2010 – 15:36

Reading very personal poetry on the shores of Mare de Gossi while enjoying the beautiful sunset.

Tags Africa, Gossi, Lake, Mali, People, Poetry, Sunset, Teberemt, Tuaregs | Comments Off

Teberemt, finally…

28 March 2010 – 22:13

Enjoying the quiet life without electricity, running water or phone network in small Tuareg village of Teberemt deep in Malian bush near Burkina Faso’s border.

Tags Africa, Bamako, Burkina Faso, Bush, Gossi, Mali, Mopti, People, Pictures, Road, Teberemt, Timbuktu, Travel, Tuaregs | Comment (1)

Pinasse

27 March 2010 – 21:48

Enjoying the slow pace of river life while going on a 3 day pinasse trip from Mopti to Lac Debo and back on Niger river in Mali.

Tags Africa, Cold Beer, Dreams, Hypos, Lake, Mali, Peace, People, Pictures, Pinasse, Pirogue, River, Travel | Comment (1)

Back in Mali

13 March 2010 – 14:46

When you run out of options, you gotta come up with something right? So instead of going to Cotonu, Benin or Lomé, Togo I have retourned to Mopti, Mali.