Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents information about Fatoumata Diawara and showcases her YouTube video "Nterini".
Information about this song is also included in this post along with the song's lyrics.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyright remains with their owners.
Thanks to Fatoumata Diawara for her musical legacy and thanks to all those who are associated with this video/song. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT FATOUMATA DIAWARA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatoumata_Diawara_Diawara
"Fatoumata Diawara (born 1982 in Ivory Coast) is a Malian actor, singer-songwriter and multiple Grammy Award nominee currently living in France. She received two nominations at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for Best World Music Album for her album Fenfo and Best Dance Recording for Ultimatum featuring the English band Disclosure.
[...]
Biography
Born in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents, Diawara moved to France to pursue acting, appearing in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's 1999 feature film Genesis, Dani Kouyaté's popular 2001 film Sia, le rêve du python, in the internationally renowned street theatre troupe Royal de Luxe, and played a leading role in the musical Kirikou et Karaba.[1] She later took up the guitar and began composing her own material, writing songs that blend Wassoulou traditions of southern Mali with international influences.[2] Noted for her "sensuous voice,"[3] she has performed or recorded with Malian and international greats such as Cheick Tidiane Seck, Oumou Sangaré,[4] AfroCubism,[5] Dee Dee Bridgewater (on Red Earth: A Malian Journey),[6] and the Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou."....
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INFORMATION ABOUT FATOUMATA DIAWARA's SONG "NTERINI"
From https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2018/03/07/591512856/fatoumata-diawaras-stirring-reminder-of-the-global-migrant-crisis Fatoumata Diawara's Stirring Reminder Of The Global Migrant Crisis; published by Robin Hilton, March 7, 2018
"The latest video from Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara, for the song "Nterini," opens with a simple but stark reminder: "In a world of seven billion people, one billion are migrants." The Pew Research Center puts the number at a quarter of a billion — a figure that's still shockingly high.
"My love has gone far away and may never come back," Diawara sings. "He has left his family and friends behind and gone away / He may never come back / What am I to do? He was my friend and my confidant."
The video, directed by the Ethiopian artist Aïda Muluneh, follows a young man as he crosses the desert, a single bag of belongings slung over his shoulder. Though he's left behind a woman he loves and his family, he's gone in search of a better life. By the end, his family receives news of his journey — it isn't good. It's a subtle, affecting reminder of the global migration crisis.
"Nterini," which means "My Love/Confidant," is from Diawara's just-announced album FENFO, due out May 18 on Shanachie. It's her followup to 2011's debut full-length Fatou."...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Fatoumata Diawara - Nterini
Fatoumata, Mar 9, 2018
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Statistics as of January 18, 2020 as of 9:10 PM ET
total # of views - 2,162,709
total likes- 27K
total dislikes - 480
total comments - 1,093
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS EMBEDDED VIDEP
(with numbers added for referencing purposes only)
1. Method Man, 2018
"Mali music underrate in Africa, I love Mali music, Ali farka toure, salifu keita, oumu sangare, ami koita, hawa doumbia, Habib koita etc,"
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REPLY
2. Pan African 571, 2018
"From mali to somalia we are one"
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REPLY
3. kayaga sid, 2019
"Let me reassure you Brother, we lean on the Music of Mali, you represent Afrika well with pride and Grace!
Much Love from Rwanda"
**
REPLY
4. inesita365, 2019
"I'm from Morocco and I love malian music 💜"
**
REPLY
5. hey hey ningen sucker, 2019
"From South Africa, love west african music"
**
REPLY
6. slybear525, 2019
"I have been listening to music from Mali since I was 14 years old. It is a beautiful music. The foundation of the Blues in American seems to have come from Mali in my opinion."
**
REPLY
7. D D, 2019
"It's why we are the champion in Africa. We got the most Grammy Awards in Africa : Ali Farka Toure & Toumany Diabate, Oumou Sangare, Mamadou Diabate"
**
REPLY
8. Fabio Cappello, 2019
"Amadou e Mariam also!"
**
REPLY
9. Skin EyemIn, 2019
"it's the cradle of the blues."
**
REPLY
10. leemsy lazy, 2019
"Mali music is for connoisseurs. This tune is on Barack Obama's 2019 playlist"
**
REPLY
11. lenny xiang, 2020
"no mali no jazz"
**
REPLY
12. Skin EyemIn, 2020
"@lenny xiang No blues, no jazz."
**
13. César Astudillo, 2019
"These are the lyrics:
This song is about the heartache felt by two lovers separated by distance. My love and my confidant has gone far away and has not sent any news back to me. I love him despite everything and I miss him every day. I want to hear from my darling; otherwise I cannot sleep well at night.
My love has gone far away and may never come back
He has left his family and friends behind and gone away
He may never come back
What am I to do? He was my friend and my confidant
How is he? Just let me know how you are
You have gone to a faraway land
I miss you greatly
You have always been my guide
And I love you with all my heart
My love has taken off
Who knows when he will come back?
My darling has gone far away
And may never come back again
He has gone to live in a faraway country
He has not told me anything
It was not the rough morning weather
That prevented me from seeing him
Nor the heat of the midday sun
Not even the dangers of going out at dusk
Because I could not sleep well if I didn’t see you"
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REPLY
14. hello 10, 2019
"César Astudillo thank you!!"
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REPLY
15. Amran Sandhu, 2019
"Do you know what language it is in?"
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REPLY
16. FatAlbert1882, 2019
"@Amran Sandhu The language is Bambara"
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Visitor comments are welcome.
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Saturday, January 18, 2020
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Three Music Videos Of Tinariwen, The Award Winning Tuareg Music Group From Mali, West Africa)
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases three videos of the Tuareg musical group Tinariwen from Mali, West Africa.
The Addendum to this post presents information about Tinariwen, information about Amazigh people (Berbers) and information about Tuareg people, "a large Berber ethnic confederation."
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Tinariwen for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Tinariwen (Algérie/Algeria) | Concert d'ouverture de la Coupe du Monde 2010 (Part 1)
lekabyle45, Published on Jun 11, 2010
-snip-
Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEpm6fH4lkM for Part 2 of this performance at the (soccer/football) World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
-snip-
There's often considerable back & forth comment exchanges in the Tinariwen YouTube discussion threads about whether the group is from Mali or Algeria. Here are a few comments from the discussion thread for Part 2 of this performance (Google translations from French to English or from Arabic to English are given after the comments)
alger kouba, 2013
"Tinariwen est un groupe malien , mais qui s'est constitué en Algérie en 1979-1980, car ils ont vécu plusieurs années à Tamenraset. C'est pour ça qu'il arborent l'emblème national algérien."
-snip-
"Tinariwen is a Malian group, but it was formed in Algeria in 1979-1980 because they lived for several years in Tamenraset. That's why he wears the Algerian national emblem."
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Fatiha Titay, 2015
"والله ما فهمتش واشنو هدا من مالي ماشي من الجزائر نسيثو بلي الشعب الازاوادي وبصفة عامة الشعب الامازيغي كان شعب واحد يجول ويسوج في شمال افريقيا بدون حدود جغرافية لانه لا توجد حدود ثقافيييية تفو على الستعمار الئ وضع الحدودالجغرافية وغرس فينا النزعة الجهوية فرق تسد"
-snip-
"And God, what is the meaning of Wacheno, this is from Mali, who walks from Algeria. The people of Azzawadi were humiliated. In general, the Amazigh people were a single people roaming and weaving in North Africa without geographical borders because there are no cultural boundaries that deviate from colonialism. The establishment of geographical borders and the instigation of regionalism."
**
mad al, 2017
"Le leader du groupe est né en mali mais a déménagé en algérie à l'age de 4 ans et y'a vécu pendant plus de 30 ans , c'est là où le groupe s'était formé"
-snip-
"The leader of the group was born in Mali but moved to Algeria at the age of 4 and lived there for more than 30 years, this is where the group was formed"
**
donyamalak lolo, 2017
"mali ou l'algeire nous sommes tous des freres !!let's just enjoy the music"
-snip-
mali or l'algeire we are all brothers !! let's just enjoy the music"
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Example #2: Tinariwen - TENERE TAQQIM TOSSAM
antirecords, Published on Jun 9, 2011
-snip-
Click https://genius.com/Tinariwen-tenere-taqqim-tossam-jealous-desert-lyrics for an English translation for this song. Here's information about that song from that same website:
"This song expresses Tinariwen’s love and admiration for the desert. It also begins to show a sound that is embodied in the rest of the album as well.
This song also features Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio."
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Example #3: Tinariwen - "Iswegh Attay"
antirecords, Published on Jan 6, 2012
-snip-
This video includes English captions for this song's lyrics.
Here are three comments from this video's discussion thread:
Caecilius Of North Africa, 2016
"Greeting from Morocco to all our north african brothers and sisters, one day we shall all be united in Tamzgha."
**
REPLY
fronton le sage, 2016
"amazigh united forever"
**
Broken Pieces, 2016
"Azul my brother. One day it will. please pray for us in the north that someday there will be peace and that we can be free men again. Amazigh for life"
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ADDENDUM:
INFORMATION ABOUT TINARIWEN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinariwen
"Tinariwen (Tamasheq..."deserts", plural of ténéré "desert"[1]) is a Grammy Award-winning group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed in 1979[2] in Tamanrasset, Algeria, but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s.[3] The group first started to gain a following outside the Sahara region in 2001 with the release of The Radio Tisdas Sessions, and with performances at Festival au Désert in Mali[4] and the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.[5] Their popularity rose internationally with the release of the critically acclaimed Aman Iman in 2007. NPR calls the group "music's true rebels,"[6] AllMusic deems the group's music "a grassroots voice of rebellion,"[7] and Slate calls the group "rock 'n' roll rebels whose rebellion, for once, wasn't just metaphorical."[8]
Early years
Tinariwen was founded by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, who at age four witnessed the execution of his father (a Tuareg rebel) during a 1963 uprising in Mali. As a child he saw a western film in which a cowboy played a guitar. Ag Alhabib built his own guitar out of a tin can, a stick and bicycle brake wire. He started to play old Tuareg and modern Arabic pop tunes.[citation needed] Ag Alhabib first lived in Algeria in refugee camps near Bordj Badji Mokhtar and in the deserts around the southern city of Tamanrasset, where he received a guitar from a local Arab man.[9] Later, he resided with other Tuareg exiles in Libya and Algeria.
In the late 1970s, Ag Alhabib joined with other musicians in the Tuareg rebel community…. While the group had no official name, people began to call them Kel Tinariwen, which in the Tamashek language translates as "The People of the Deserts" or "The Desert Boys."
[...]
Since 2001 Tinariwen have toured regularly in Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia; often appearing at large world music/alternative festivals like Glastonbury, Coachella, Roskilde, Les Vieilles Charrues, WOMAD, FMM Sines, and Printemps de Bourges. Tinariwen gained more attention overseas in 2004, with their first UK performance at the largest free African music festival in the country, Africa Oye. Their 2004 album Amassakoul ("The Traveller" in Tamashek) and its 2007 follow-up Aman Iman ("Water Is Life" in Tamashek) were released worldwide…. In 2005 Tinariwen received a BBC Award for World Music, and in 2008 they received Germany’s prestigious Praetorius Music Prize.
[...]
Further international success (2010–present)
In 2010, Tinariwen represented Algeria in the opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[12] They completed 24 performances in the United States of America late in the year.[13]
The band released their fifth album Tassili on August 30, 2011.[14…. The album later won the Award for Best World Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.
[...]
Musical style
The Tinariwen sound is primarily guitar-driven in the style known as assouf among the Tuareg people. The Tinariwen guitar style has its roots in West African music, specifically that from the "great bend" region along the Niger River, between Timbuktu and Gao. The core elements of Tinariwen's music are traditional Tuareg melodies and rhythms including those played on the shepherd's flute, which is primarily a man's instrument; and those played on a one-string fiddle known as an imzad which is played by women. The primary percussion instrument is the tindé drum which is played by women at festive occasions. Another important traditional influence is the lute known as the teherdent, which is played by the griots of the Gao and Timbuktu regions. In the late 1970s, when the founding members of Tinariwen started playing acoustic guitars, they played a traditional repertoire adapted to the western guitar.
Other regional influences include Berber music from northern Algeria, especially radical Kabyle singers like Ait Menguellet and Ferhat; the pop sounds of electrified rai music of Algeria; pop singers from Algeria like Rabah Driassa;[9] pop groups from Morocco like Nass El Ghiwane and Lemchaheb with their lute and mandol riffs; the classical pop of Egypt; and even Bollywood music. Tinariwen was also influenced by traditional Malian musicians, the most famous of which was Ali Farka Toure. In the early years of the collective's history, the members were also fans of bootlegged albums by western acts that had made their way to the Tuareg people, with favorites including albums by Dire Straits, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Kenny Rogers and Don Williams.
While the Tinariwen style is possibly a distant relative of blues music, via West African music, members of Tinariwen claim to have never heard actual American blues music until they began to travel internationally in 2001.
Band members
Tinariwen is a collective of singers, songwriters, and musicians who come together in different combinations to play concerts and to record. This is because of the nomadic lifestyle of the Tuareg people and the difficulties of transportation and communication in the Sahara region. The group has never brought exactly the same line-up on its international tours, though several members tour regularly.
[...]
Origin Tessalit, Mali
Genres Tishoumaren, world, blues, folk, rock
Years active 1979–present"
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INFORMATION ABOUT AMAZIGH
From https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berber
"Berber, self-name Amazigh, plural Imazighen, any of the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa. The Berbers live in scattered communities across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mali, Niger, and Mauretania. They speak various Amazigh languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family related to Ancient Egyptian. At the turn of the 21st century, there were perhaps 14 million in Morocco, 9 million in Algeria, and much smaller numbers in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Mauretania; in the Sahara of southern Algeria and of Libya, Mali and Niger, the Berber Tuareg number about 1 million."...
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INFORMATION ABOUT TUAREG PEOPLE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg_people
"The Tuareg people .... spelt Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Kel Tamasheq, Kel Tagelmust[4]) are a large Berber ethnic confederation. They principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.[4] Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, small groups of Tuareg are also found in northern Nigeria.[5]
The Tuareg speak the Tuareg languages (also known as Tamasheq), which belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family.[6]
... A semi-nomadic Muslim people, they are believed to be descendants of the Berber natives of North Africa.[9] The Tuaregs have been one of the ethnic groups that have been historically influential in the spread of Islam and its legacy in North Africa and the adjacent Sahel region.
[...]
Regions with significant populations [of Tuaregs]
Niger - 2,116,988[1]
Mali - 536,557[2]
Burkina Faso - 370,738[3]
Algeria - 25,000-150,000
Tunisia - 2,000 (nomadic)
****
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
This pancocojams post showcases three videos of the Tuareg musical group Tinariwen from Mali, West Africa.
The Addendum to this post presents information about Tinariwen, information about Amazigh people (Berbers) and information about Tuareg people, "a large Berber ethnic confederation."
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Tinariwen for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
****
SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Tinariwen (Algérie/Algeria) | Concert d'ouverture de la Coupe du Monde 2010 (Part 1)
lekabyle45, Published on Jun 11, 2010
-snip-
Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEpm6fH4lkM for Part 2 of this performance at the (soccer/football) World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
-snip-
There's often considerable back & forth comment exchanges in the Tinariwen YouTube discussion threads about whether the group is from Mali or Algeria. Here are a few comments from the discussion thread for Part 2 of this performance (Google translations from French to English or from Arabic to English are given after the comments)
alger kouba, 2013
"Tinariwen est un groupe malien , mais qui s'est constitué en Algérie en 1979-1980, car ils ont vécu plusieurs années à Tamenraset. C'est pour ça qu'il arborent l'emblème national algérien."
-snip-
"Tinariwen is a Malian group, but it was formed in Algeria in 1979-1980 because they lived for several years in Tamenraset. That's why he wears the Algerian national emblem."
**
Fatiha Titay, 2015
"والله ما فهمتش واشنو هدا من مالي ماشي من الجزائر نسيثو بلي الشعب الازاوادي وبصفة عامة الشعب الامازيغي كان شعب واحد يجول ويسوج في شمال افريقيا بدون حدود جغرافية لانه لا توجد حدود ثقافيييية تفو على الستعمار الئ وضع الحدودالجغرافية وغرس فينا النزعة الجهوية فرق تسد"
-snip-
"And God, what is the meaning of Wacheno, this is from Mali, who walks from Algeria. The people of Azzawadi were humiliated. In general, the Amazigh people were a single people roaming and weaving in North Africa without geographical borders because there are no cultural boundaries that deviate from colonialism. The establishment of geographical borders and the instigation of regionalism."
**
mad al, 2017
"Le leader du groupe est né en mali mais a déménagé en algérie à l'age de 4 ans et y'a vécu pendant plus de 30 ans , c'est là où le groupe s'était formé"
-snip-
"The leader of the group was born in Mali but moved to Algeria at the age of 4 and lived there for more than 30 years, this is where the group was formed"
**
donyamalak lolo, 2017
"mali ou l'algeire nous sommes tous des freres !!let's just enjoy the music"
-snip-
mali or l'algeire we are all brothers !! let's just enjoy the music"
****
Example #2: Tinariwen - TENERE TAQQIM TOSSAM
antirecords, Published on Jun 9, 2011
-snip-
Click https://genius.com/Tinariwen-tenere-taqqim-tossam-jealous-desert-lyrics for an English translation for this song. Here's information about that song from that same website:
"This song expresses Tinariwen’s love and admiration for the desert. It also begins to show a sound that is embodied in the rest of the album as well.
This song also features Tunde Adebimpe from TV on the Radio."
****
Example #3: Tinariwen - "Iswegh Attay"
antirecords, Published on Jan 6, 2012
-snip-
This video includes English captions for this song's lyrics.
Here are three comments from this video's discussion thread:
Caecilius Of North Africa, 2016
"Greeting from Morocco to all our north african brothers and sisters, one day we shall all be united in Tamzgha."
**
REPLY
fronton le sage, 2016
"amazigh united forever"
**
Broken Pieces, 2016
"Azul my brother. One day it will. please pray for us in the north that someday there will be peace and that we can be free men again. Amazigh for life"
****
ADDENDUM:
INFORMATION ABOUT TINARIWEN
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinariwen
"Tinariwen (Tamasheq..."deserts", plural of ténéré "desert"[1]) is a Grammy Award-winning group of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. The band was formed in 1979[2] in Tamanrasset, Algeria, but returned to Mali after a cease-fire in the 1990s.[3] The group first started to gain a following outside the Sahara region in 2001 with the release of The Radio Tisdas Sessions, and with performances at Festival au Désert in Mali[4] and the Roskilde Festival in Denmark.[5] Their popularity rose internationally with the release of the critically acclaimed Aman Iman in 2007. NPR calls the group "music's true rebels,"[6] AllMusic deems the group's music "a grassroots voice of rebellion,"[7] and Slate calls the group "rock 'n' roll rebels whose rebellion, for once, wasn't just metaphorical."[8]
Early years
Tinariwen was founded by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, who at age four witnessed the execution of his father (a Tuareg rebel) during a 1963 uprising in Mali. As a child he saw a western film in which a cowboy played a guitar. Ag Alhabib built his own guitar out of a tin can, a stick and bicycle brake wire. He started to play old Tuareg and modern Arabic pop tunes.[citation needed] Ag Alhabib first lived in Algeria in refugee camps near Bordj Badji Mokhtar and in the deserts around the southern city of Tamanrasset, where he received a guitar from a local Arab man.[9] Later, he resided with other Tuareg exiles in Libya and Algeria.
In the late 1970s, Ag Alhabib joined with other musicians in the Tuareg rebel community…. While the group had no official name, people began to call them Kel Tinariwen, which in the Tamashek language translates as "The People of the Deserts" or "The Desert Boys."
[...]
Since 2001 Tinariwen have toured regularly in Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia; often appearing at large world music/alternative festivals like Glastonbury, Coachella, Roskilde, Les Vieilles Charrues, WOMAD, FMM Sines, and Printemps de Bourges. Tinariwen gained more attention overseas in 2004, with their first UK performance at the largest free African music festival in the country, Africa Oye. Their 2004 album Amassakoul ("The Traveller" in Tamashek) and its 2007 follow-up Aman Iman ("Water Is Life" in Tamashek) were released worldwide…. In 2005 Tinariwen received a BBC Award for World Music, and in 2008 they received Germany’s prestigious Praetorius Music Prize.
[...]
Further international success (2010–present)
In 2010, Tinariwen represented Algeria in the opening ceremony of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.[12] They completed 24 performances in the United States of America late in the year.[13]
The band released their fifth album Tassili on August 30, 2011.[14…. The album later won the Award for Best World Music Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.
[...]
Musical style
The Tinariwen sound is primarily guitar-driven in the style known as assouf among the Tuareg people. The Tinariwen guitar style has its roots in West African music, specifically that from the "great bend" region along the Niger River, between Timbuktu and Gao. The core elements of Tinariwen's music are traditional Tuareg melodies and rhythms including those played on the shepherd's flute, which is primarily a man's instrument; and those played on a one-string fiddle known as an imzad which is played by women. The primary percussion instrument is the tindé drum which is played by women at festive occasions. Another important traditional influence is the lute known as the teherdent, which is played by the griots of the Gao and Timbuktu regions. In the late 1970s, when the founding members of Tinariwen started playing acoustic guitars, they played a traditional repertoire adapted to the western guitar.
Other regional influences include Berber music from northern Algeria, especially radical Kabyle singers like Ait Menguellet and Ferhat; the pop sounds of electrified rai music of Algeria; pop singers from Algeria like Rabah Driassa;[9] pop groups from Morocco like Nass El Ghiwane and Lemchaheb with their lute and mandol riffs; the classical pop of Egypt; and even Bollywood music. Tinariwen was also influenced by traditional Malian musicians, the most famous of which was Ali Farka Toure. In the early years of the collective's history, the members were also fans of bootlegged albums by western acts that had made their way to the Tuareg people, with favorites including albums by Dire Straits, Santana, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Kenny Rogers and Don Williams.
While the Tinariwen style is possibly a distant relative of blues music, via West African music, members of Tinariwen claim to have never heard actual American blues music until they began to travel internationally in 2001.
Band members
Tinariwen is a collective of singers, songwriters, and musicians who come together in different combinations to play concerts and to record. This is because of the nomadic lifestyle of the Tuareg people and the difficulties of transportation and communication in the Sahara region. The group has never brought exactly the same line-up on its international tours, though several members tour regularly.
[...]
Origin Tessalit, Mali
Genres Tishoumaren, world, blues, folk, rock
Years active 1979–present"
****
INFORMATION ABOUT AMAZIGH
From https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berber
"Berber, self-name Amazigh, plural Imazighen, any of the descendants of the pre-Arab inhabitants of North Africa. The Berbers live in scattered communities across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mali, Niger, and Mauretania. They speak various Amazigh languages belonging to the Afro-Asiatic family related to Ancient Egyptian. At the turn of the 21st century, there were perhaps 14 million in Morocco, 9 million in Algeria, and much smaller numbers in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Mauretania; in the Sahara of southern Algeria and of Libya, Mali and Niger, the Berber Tuareg number about 1 million."...
****
INFORMATION ABOUT TUAREG PEOPLE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg_people
"The Tuareg people .... spelt Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Kel Tamasheq, Kel Tagelmust[4]) are a large Berber ethnic confederation. They principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.[4] Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, small groups of Tuareg are also found in northern Nigeria.[5]
The Tuareg speak the Tuareg languages (also known as Tamasheq), which belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family.[6]
... A semi-nomadic Muslim people, they are believed to be descendants of the Berber natives of North Africa.[9] The Tuaregs have been one of the ethnic groups that have been historically influential in the spread of Islam and its legacy in North Africa and the adjacent Sahel region.
[...]
Regions with significant populations [of Tuaregs]
Niger - 2,116,988[1]
Mali - 536,557[2]
Burkina Faso - 370,738[3]
Algeria - 25,000-150,000
Tunisia - 2,000 (nomadic)
****
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Friday, August 18, 2017
Five Videos Of Malian (West Africa) Performer Thialé Arby
Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases five videos of Malian singer Thialé Arby.
In addition to the singing and music, these videos are also presented to showcase the traditional clothing and hairstyles of the performers and their audiences.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Thialé Arby for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks also to Syllart26, the publisher of these videos on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order with the video with the oldest publishing date given first.
Example #1: Thialé Arby Top Etoile 2014 (Musique Malienne)
Syllart26 LIVE Mali Published on Jan 26, 2016
By Syllart26 LIVE Mali Musique
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Example #2: Thialé Harby Aye Bine Bakoye Top Etoile 2015 Mama Toumani Kone (Musique Malienne)
Syllart26 LIVE Mali, Published on Jan 26, 2016
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Example #3: Thialé ARBY - Dibalo LIVE Madina Coura BKO 2016
Syllart26 LIVE Mali, Published on Nov 20, 2016
By Syllart26 LIVE Mali Musique
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Example #4: Thialé Arby - Dibolo LIVE Special Police Malienne 2017
Syllart26 LIVE Mali, Published on Apr 23, 2017
By Syllart26 LIVE Mali Musique
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Example #5: Thialé Arby - Diarabi LIVE Segou Mali 2017
Syllart26 LIVE Mali Published on May 8, 2017
by Syllart26 Live
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
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This pancocojams post showcases five videos of Malian singer Thialé Arby.
In addition to the singing and music, these videos are also presented to showcase the traditional clothing and hairstyles of the performers and their audiences.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Thialé Arby for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks also to Syllart26, the publisher of these videos on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order with the video with the oldest publishing date given first.
Example #1: Thialé Arby Top Etoile 2014 (Musique Malienne)
Syllart26 LIVE Mali Published on Jan 26, 2016
By Syllart26 LIVE Mali Musique
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Example #2: Thialé Harby Aye Bine Bakoye Top Etoile 2015 Mama Toumani Kone (Musique Malienne)
Syllart26 LIVE Mali, Published on Jan 26, 2016
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Example #3: Thialé ARBY - Dibalo LIVE Madina Coura BKO 2016
Syllart26 LIVE Mali, Published on Nov 20, 2016
By Syllart26 LIVE Mali Musique
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Example #4: Thialé Arby - Dibolo LIVE Special Police Malienne 2017
Syllart26 LIVE Mali, Published on Apr 23, 2017
By Syllart26 LIVE Mali Musique
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Example #5: Thialé Arby - Diarabi LIVE Segou Mali 2017
Syllart26 LIVE Mali Published on May 8, 2017
by Syllart26 Live
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Seven Videos Of Takamba Music & Dance From Mali, West Africa
Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest Update: October 10, 2019
This pancocojams post provides information about the "Takamba" music and dance genre from Mali, West Africa.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all groups that are showcased in this post and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT TAKAMBA MUSIC AND DANCE
From http://www.cp-africa.com/2016/02/05/mali-the-passage-of-takamba-music/ "Mali:The Passage Of Takamba Music" by Max Ndianaefo
"Takamba music and dance originated from the Songhai Empire in the 15th century. with Gao as its capital and commercial center. Before being known as Takamba, it was performed by Tamashesq griots and blacksmiths of the Gao region to celebrate the end of harvest and to welcome and encourage warriors back from battle, and to praise noble families. The griot, in a sitting position, would play the terhardent, also known as the kurbu by the Songhai people or more commonly [known as] ngoni. Takamba has gradually evolved through contact with Songhai populations enriching the cultural lives of noble people living in the Tameshesq camps. The settlement of the Tameshesq population in a mixed neighborhood led to a cultural fusion, the music of which, Takamba, was one form of expression.
The word, Takamba, has its origin in the village of Temera, situated between Timbuktu and Gourem. People of that region spoke of a Tamashesq master and his griot who were camping one day near Temera. When hearing the sound of a terhardent, the Songhai villagers approached the two men. Fascinated by the beauty of one of the women, the master wanted to lend her his hand. His griot spoke to the woman, saying "takamba", "take the hand". This is how the term "takamba" was born in Terema, a village renamed after the music. Another version tells the story of Mahamana Zaou Sadio, a Sonhai who invited a Tamasheq griot to his village to celebrate his daughter's wedding. Seduced by the languorous music, the Songhai began to solicit Tamashesq griots to woo women.
Until the 1960s, Takamba was sung and only accompanied by the terhardent, joined sporadically by hand clapping as percussion. Dancing was subtle and performed while seated. Takamba spread from village to village to evolve into festive music during Songhai social and religious gatherings. For both men and women, it offered an opportunity to engage in subtle gestures that were forbidden in everyday life.
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This article continues with information about contemporary Takamba.
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From the discussion thread for Super Onze, Future Takamba video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUK5Ko7j2ck, given as #2 below]
alhadji innou Safiou, 2017
"la signification de takamba veut dire en langue songhoi :prenez:ta où la , kamba veut dire la main en langue songhoi d'où takamba veut prendre sa main pour danser.cela ne provient pas des touaregs.le mot est songhoi.je vous en prie il faut dire la vérité aux blancs."
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Google translated from French to English
"The meaning of takamba means in the language songhoi: take: ta where the, kamba means the hand in tongue songhoi from where takamba wants to take his hand to dance. This does not come from the Tuaregs. The word is songhoi.je you in Pray, we must tell the truth to the whites."
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From http://www.travelomali.com/activities/songhai-dance,-the-takamba/#.WYuIX1GGPcs
"Songhai Dance: The Takamba
Country: Mali
City: Timbuktu
Information
Takamba is music made for celebration; weddings mainly, but also birth and circumcision parties, harvest thanksgivings, festivities to mark the end of Ramadan and many other occasions of communal joy. Its driving force is the unmistakable takamba rhythm which pulses on the boom and bip before lurching at the end of every phrase, catching the uninitiated in mid-step. This beat is locked down by one or more players of the calabash, a species of over-sized dried* out pumpkin gourd that sounds like an entire drum kit in the hands of skilled player, with its deep booming bass thump and rattling ‘hi-hat’ click. Atop this sedate beat come the ngoni players. The ngoni is a three or four stringed lute. With generous historical license you could call it the great granddaddy of the blues guitar and you wouldn’t be too far wrong. The takamba musicians play the ngoni sitting down, with the instrument lying on the floor and one knee pressing down on its body.
Best time
After dinner, it normally takes place in a family."
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The word "dried" in this article was given as "died" which I believe is a typographical error.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order with the video with the oldest publishing date given first.
Example #1: Des femmes de Tombouctou dansant le TAKAMBA
rakiaalphadi, Published on Sep 8, 2007
Cette vidéo présente des femmes de Tombouctou entrain de danser le "TAKAMBA" lors d'une fête donnée par l'ONG francomalienne Gouna Avenir de Tombouctou lors du départ de 20 jeunes de 18 a 25 ans, venus aider les jeunes de Tombouctou.
Example #2: Duet Calabash
Future Takamba Published on Aug 26, 2010
A calabash duet by the two calabash players of Super 11, Aliou Saloum Yattara and "Cola" Mahamadou Balobo Maiga. They play the core of the mesmerizing grooves performed by Future Takamba and are displaying here some core variations of the Takamba rhythm. August 18th, Bamako, Mali.
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Example #3: Super Onze - Super Onze
Future Takamba Published on Mar 15, 2011
Witness Mali's Takamba Band no. 1 Super 11 perform their anthem and title track Super Onze from their forthcoming album. Recorded next to the Niger, Segou, Mali.
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Example #4: Thiale Arby – Takamba
AfricaShowsMusic : 100% Musique Africaine Published on Mar 10, 2016
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Example #5: Spot On Mali Music presents SUPER ONZE
TorbenHolleuferGnawa, Published on Oct 14, 2016
The coolest band on the planet! I had the intense pleasure of filming and interviewing the legendary Super Onze from Gao in Mali some days before their concert on Spot On Mali Music 4 in Bamako, which took place on October 7-8, 2016. This is true Songhai music - takamba! Straight from the desert of north-east Mali. Filmed and produced by Torben Holleufer for Spot On Mali Music
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Example #6: Soirée Takamba au Centre Culturel Tumast - 14 Mai 2016
Abdoul Malick Almaïmoune Published on May 22, 2016
Le samedi 14 Mai 2016 dernier, l'Association Bourem Gomno a organisé une grande soirée Takamba au Centre Culturel Tumast sis à Torokorobougou (Bamako, Mali). Extrait vidéo de cette soirée.
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Google translate from French to English:
"On Saturday, May 14, 2016, the Association Bourem Gomno organized a great Takamba evening at the Tumast Cultural Center located in Torokorobougou (Bamako, Mali). Video extract of this evening."
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Example #7: Takamba 100% Live (Best dancing)
Channel Songhaï, Dec 17, 2017
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This video was added on October 10, 2019 to replace a video that is no longer available on YouTube.
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Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Visitor comments are welcome.
Latest Update: October 10, 2019
This pancocojams post provides information about the "Takamba" music and dance genre from Mali, West Africa.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all groups that are showcased in this post and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT TAKAMBA MUSIC AND DANCE
From http://www.cp-africa.com/2016/02/05/mali-the-passage-of-takamba-music/ "Mali:The Passage Of Takamba Music" by Max Ndianaefo
"Takamba music and dance originated from the Songhai Empire in the 15th century. with Gao as its capital and commercial center. Before being known as Takamba, it was performed by Tamashesq griots and blacksmiths of the Gao region to celebrate the end of harvest and to welcome and encourage warriors back from battle, and to praise noble families. The griot, in a sitting position, would play the terhardent, also known as the kurbu by the Songhai people or more commonly [known as] ngoni. Takamba has gradually evolved through contact with Songhai populations enriching the cultural lives of noble people living in the Tameshesq camps. The settlement of the Tameshesq population in a mixed neighborhood led to a cultural fusion, the music of which, Takamba, was one form of expression.
The word, Takamba, has its origin in the village of Temera, situated between Timbuktu and Gourem. People of that region spoke of a Tamashesq master and his griot who were camping one day near Temera. When hearing the sound of a terhardent, the Songhai villagers approached the two men. Fascinated by the beauty of one of the women, the master wanted to lend her his hand. His griot spoke to the woman, saying "takamba", "take the hand". This is how the term "takamba" was born in Terema, a village renamed after the music. Another version tells the story of Mahamana Zaou Sadio, a Sonhai who invited a Tamasheq griot to his village to celebrate his daughter's wedding. Seduced by the languorous music, the Songhai began to solicit Tamashesq griots to woo women.
Until the 1960s, Takamba was sung and only accompanied by the terhardent, joined sporadically by hand clapping as percussion. Dancing was subtle and performed while seated. Takamba spread from village to village to evolve into festive music during Songhai social and religious gatherings. For both men and women, it offered an opportunity to engage in subtle gestures that were forbidden in everyday life.
-snip-
This article continues with information about contemporary Takamba.
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From the discussion thread for Super Onze, Future Takamba video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUK5Ko7j2ck, given as #2 below]
alhadji innou Safiou, 2017
"la signification de takamba veut dire en langue songhoi :prenez:ta où la , kamba veut dire la main en langue songhoi d'où takamba veut prendre sa main pour danser.cela ne provient pas des touaregs.le mot est songhoi.je vous en prie il faut dire la vérité aux blancs."
-snip-
Google translated from French to English
"The meaning of takamba means in the language songhoi: take: ta where the, kamba means the hand in tongue songhoi from where takamba wants to take his hand to dance. This does not come from the Tuaregs. The word is songhoi.je you in Pray, we must tell the truth to the whites."
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From http://www.travelomali.com/activities/songhai-dance,-the-takamba/#.WYuIX1GGPcs
"Songhai Dance: The Takamba
Country: Mali
City: Timbuktu
Information
Takamba is music made for celebration; weddings mainly, but also birth and circumcision parties, harvest thanksgivings, festivities to mark the end of Ramadan and many other occasions of communal joy. Its driving force is the unmistakable takamba rhythm which pulses on the boom and bip before lurching at the end of every phrase, catching the uninitiated in mid-step. This beat is locked down by one or more players of the calabash, a species of over-sized dried* out pumpkin gourd that sounds like an entire drum kit in the hands of skilled player, with its deep booming bass thump and rattling ‘hi-hat’ click. Atop this sedate beat come the ngoni players. The ngoni is a three or four stringed lute. With generous historical license you could call it the great granddaddy of the blues guitar and you wouldn’t be too far wrong. The takamba musicians play the ngoni sitting down, with the instrument lying on the floor and one knee pressing down on its body.
Best time
After dinner, it normally takes place in a family."
-snip-
The word "dried" in this article was given as "died" which I believe is a typographical error.
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
These videos are presented in chronological order with the video with the oldest publishing date given first.
Example #1: Des femmes de Tombouctou dansant le TAKAMBA
rakiaalphadi, Published on Sep 8, 2007
Cette vidéo présente des femmes de Tombouctou entrain de danser le "TAKAMBA" lors d'une fête donnée par l'ONG francomalienne Gouna Avenir de Tombouctou lors du départ de 20 jeunes de 18 a 25 ans, venus aider les jeunes de Tombouctou.
Example #2: Duet Calabash
Future Takamba Published on Aug 26, 2010
A calabash duet by the two calabash players of Super 11, Aliou Saloum Yattara and "Cola" Mahamadou Balobo Maiga. They play the core of the mesmerizing grooves performed by Future Takamba and are displaying here some core variations of the Takamba rhythm. August 18th, Bamako, Mali.
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Example #3: Super Onze - Super Onze
Future Takamba Published on Mar 15, 2011
Witness Mali's Takamba Band no. 1 Super 11 perform their anthem and title track Super Onze from their forthcoming album. Recorded next to the Niger, Segou, Mali.
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Example #4: Thiale Arby – Takamba
AfricaShowsMusic : 100% Musique Africaine Published on Mar 10, 2016
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Example #5: Spot On Mali Music presents SUPER ONZE
TorbenHolleuferGnawa, Published on Oct 14, 2016
The coolest band on the planet! I had the intense pleasure of filming and interviewing the legendary Super Onze from Gao in Mali some days before their concert on Spot On Mali Music 4 in Bamako, which took place on October 7-8, 2016. This is true Songhai music - takamba! Straight from the desert of north-east Mali. Filmed and produced by Torben Holleufer for Spot On Mali Music
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Example #6: Soirée Takamba au Centre Culturel Tumast - 14 Mai 2016
Abdoul Malick Almaïmoune Published on May 22, 2016
Le samedi 14 Mai 2016 dernier, l'Association Bourem Gomno a organisé une grande soirée Takamba au Centre Culturel Tumast sis à Torokorobougou (Bamako, Mali). Extrait vidéo de cette soirée.
-snip-
Google translate from French to English:
"On Saturday, May 14, 2016, the Association Bourem Gomno organized a great Takamba evening at the Tumast Cultural Center located in Torokorobougou (Bamako, Mali). Video extract of this evening."
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Example #7: Takamba 100% Live (Best dancing)
Channel Songhaï, Dec 17, 2017
-snip-
This video was added on October 10, 2019 to replace a video that is no longer available on YouTube.
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