MALI BLUES presents four exceptional musicians who, with their music, fight for a new awakening in Africa. These are the musicians in the diaspora. They recount their personal angst, their own amazing stories of courage and the will to fight radical Islamism and those who hate.
Fatoumata Diawara – AfroPop’s shooting star, who tells in her singer/songwriter ballads of life as an African woman, and of obsolete tradition. One touching scene is when she returns to her village in mail and sings to a group of women about the horrors of female circumcision.
Bassekou Kouyaté – the griot and Grammy-nominated world musician integrates traditional African instruments into modern rock music.
Ahmed Ag Kaedi – his rough and rocking Tuareg guitar riffs tell of a longing for the desert.
Master Soumy – the rap singer, voice of Mali’s young generation, whom corrupt politicians listen to alike.
(Screened at FIFA)
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