SAHARA ROCKS !
Saharan rockers (Tinariwen, Tamikrest, Bombino, Terakaft...), and their society, public and homelands by Arnaud Contreras
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Abdallah and Mina, Tinariwen, Skype session before concert
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Mina, Tinariwen singer, … and Bob
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“Ag Jackson”. Tinariwen fan with Azawad flag
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Tahra Mint Hembara, singer and griot. Nouakchott, Mauritania. 11/2011
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Malouma Mint Meidah, Mauritanian protest singer. Nouakchott, Mauritania. 11/2011
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Going to a “soirée guitare”. North Mali. 2009
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Abalessa Festival. Tuareg kids waiting for Samba Touré concerts. 2010. South Algeria.
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Imzad festival. 2009. Tamanrasset. South Algeria.
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Ishumar festival. 2009. South Algeria.
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Tinariwen wins the world music album award at The GRAMMYs ! © Arnaud Contreras / www.arnaudcontreras.com
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Abdallah “Catastrophe” Ag Alhousseyni / Tinariwen. Le 104. Paris. 27/06/2011. © Arnaud Contreras / www.arnaudcontreras.com
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Hamawassa band, Mohamed Bilalan Ag Ganta, Tuareg musician from Arlit, North Niger.
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Bombino, Hendrix from Agadez, Fest Banlieues Bleues, 04/2011
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Going South. Don’t know where’s the border, behind us ? But going south. Algeria or Mali. 2009
Listen to Ikabkaban by Inerane, they play as fast as we drove +++
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Aminatou Goumar. Toumast. 2011. Paris
Listen to their great cover You Got Me Floatin (Jimi Hendrix)
