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Tinariwen
Tinariwen
tuareg band from mali
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Tamikrest
Tamikrest
Malian band
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Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara
Malian musician and actress
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Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré
Malian musician
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Songhoy Blues
Songhoy Blues
Malian music band
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Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré
Malian musician
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Dimi Mint Abba
Dimi Mint Abba
Mauritanian singer
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Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté
Mamadou Sidiki Diabaté
Malian musician
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Ry Cooder
Ry Cooder
American guitarist, singer and composer
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Dani Wilde
Dani Wilde
musician
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Bombino
Bombino
Nigerien Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Tartit (meaning "union") are a band from the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The group consists of five women and four men, all of whom are Tamasheq-speaking Tuareg. They formed in 1992 in a refugee camp in Mauritania. Imharhan, an expanded group that includes current and former Tartit members, incorporates electric instruments and cross-cultural experiments into their music.