Tinariwen : Soixante Trois 63 . Live at Norwich Arts Centre July 2016
Tinariwen : Soixante Trois 63 . Live at Norwich Arts Centre July 2016
Soixante Trois, by Tinariwen
Images of the desert-as-desolation are burned into our minds: the dune, a towering pile of sand, wrought wavy by the wind, and behind that another one, and another behind that, to the horizon. It's an environment that man can't permanently scar. Its tendency to shift keeps it trackless, and attempts to tame the desert with paved roads and machines have failed pathetically. Living in the desert is contingent on realizing that trying to tame it is useless in the long term, and that you must learn to live by the rules it imposes on you.
The Kel Tamashek people who call the vast, arid expanse of the west-central Sahara home have lived with the desert for millennia. They built their society around the camel and live as nomads-- when your environment is impermanent, it follows that your home should be as well. In spite of our popular conception, the Sahara is not one big sea of dunes; much of it is rocky plateau, gravel plain, and salt flat, but these other regions are scarcely less harsh and can undergo quick changes based on the whims of the weather.
The world as we know it today would be quite different without Kel Tamashek, better known to the world at large as the Tuareg. It was they who facilitated the trans-Saharan caravan routes that kept the Arab and Berber traders of Africa's Mediterranean coast in contact with the cities and empires of Sub-Saharan Africa, and this had a huge effect on the distribution of wealth in the world before the age of European dominance. (For many centuries, it also abetted an appalling slave trade.) But for all their centuries of mastering the Sahara in all its harshness and scarcity, today the Kel Tamashek are forced to navigate a post-colonial international system that frowns on nomads. Their homeland is split among Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Libya, and Algeria, and while it could be argued that the borders are simply lines on a map drawn at random by the French (that's essentially the case, after all), those lines are still enforced by militaries and customs outposts.
The political realities of the last 100 years, from the colonialism to the post-colonial carve-up of Africa, have forced changes to Kel Tamashek culture and daily life, sparking a longing amongst the people for a homeland to call their own. Over the past century, theirs has been a history of rebellion, first against French invaders, and later against the governments those invaders left behind. If there is anything that can give a voice to rebellion and the collective longing of a people, it is music, and the past few years have seen profusion of desert guitar bands who together have created that voice through powerful songs and hypnotic rhythms.
Genre
Tamashek guitar or 'Assouf'
Membres
Ibrahim AG ALHABIB
Hassan AG TOUHAMI
Abdallah AG ALHOUSSEYNI
Eyadou AG LECHE
Said AG AYAD
Elaga AG HAMID
Sadam Iyad ABDERHAMANNE
Originaire de
Kidal, Azawad / Tamanrasset, Algeria
Récompenses
Grammy Award for best World Music Album Tassili 2011
Directeur général
Patrick Votan (Paris, France)
Biographie
Tamashek guitar poets and soul rebels from the southern Sahara Desert
INTÉRÊTS
Passions du groupe
The Sahara, tea and music
COORDONNÉES
WHEN YOU GO TO MOROCCO
7th video in the minute video series. In late June to early July I made my way to Marrakech, Essaouira, Fes, Akchour and Chefchaouen.
Chaotic but organised, and in some parts dirty; it isn't a country for everyone. Yet the cultural blend of Berber, Arab, european influences is amplified through Moroccan history and lifestyle. 9,300 narrow-maze-like-roads in an old Medina in Fes; horses, people and motorbikes all utilising the same roads without crossings, vibrant night life without alcohol-.
Despite not having the usual touristic structure and organisation as other cities, Morocco is very genuine. By handling, or not being phased by persistent hustlers, beggars and bold comments, I met some lovely locals; offered their mum's food, invited for tea, called sister and helped off a mountain steep.
Travelling, especially to Morocco, has allowed me to value life without being so materialistic, and has given me the opportunity to meet amazing people from all over the world. It has made me question my priorities in life, unravel my passions, to value experiences and appreciate the people in my life.
I didn't use my phone much during my trip, and as a result, the clips don't do as near enough justice for this country. Regardless, here is brief portrait of the places I visited at the end of June through July: Fes, Chefchaouen, Akchour, Marrakech and Essaouira.
Cities and countries visited so far:
- Switzerland: Lausanne, Geneva, Zurich, Neuchatel, Fribourg, Lucerne, Chateau D'oex,
- France: Lyon, Paris
- Italy: Milan, Venice, Naples, Cinque Terre, Siracusa, Catania, Sicily, Rome, Pompeii
- Netherlands: Amsterdam
- Spain: Madrid, Toledo
- UK: London
- Denmark: Copenhagen
- Germany: Berlin
- Morocco: Fes, Chefchaouen, Akchour, Marrakech, Essaouira
- Greece: Athens, Santorini
- Turkey: Istanbul
- Hungary: Budapest
- Serbia: Belgrade
- Austria: Vienna
- Czech Republic: Prague
- Portugal: Lisbon
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Joby Warrick: 2016 National Book Festival
Joby Warrick discusses Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Joby Warrick is the author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS. He is a journalist who joined the Washington Post in 1996 and has covered national security, the environment, the Middle East and terrorism. Warrick has received various accolades for his work including a Pulitzer Prize for public service. He is also the author of The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA. Warrick lives in Washington, D.C.
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