Tag Archives: Peace

Photos from Festival au Désert 2010

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.

RTS: The Well

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

Pinasse

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.

RTS: Sewing Prince from Sierra Leone

Another afternoon at playing cards. Just like all the others. Them playing and me getting bored after a while. So I decide I might as well pop by the local cyber café.

Top 5 experiences in Mali

There are many guides and lists detailing top 5 or top 10 must see sites in any single country or region. But rarely will you come across such lists that will not concentrate on most renoved monuments and crowded tourist places. I find most of those lists uninspiring and lacking either imagination or freshness. So here is my stab at producing a list with a bit more salt to it.

Festival au Désert concert pictures (2009)

Concert photographs from the Festival au Désert 2009 in Essakane near Timboctou, Mali.

Festival au Désert concert pictures (2008)

Concert photographs from the Festival au Désert 2008 in Essakane near Timboctou, Mali.

Festival au Désert concert pictures (2007)

Concert photographs from the Festival au Désert 2007 in Essakane near Timboctou, Mali.

Festival au Désert in pictures

Pictures from the Festival au Désert

Festival au Désert

Short history of Festival au Désert, Essakane, Timbuktu, Mali coupled with description and feeling of the place.