Tartit

country:
Mali
region:
West Africa
style(s):
Touareg Traditional
label:
Crammed Discs
artist submitted by:
Divano Production

For the past forty years, the enigmatic
Tuareg have been struggling for
survival. They are menaced by state
repression and by the natural
catastrophe of constant drought. Yet
thanks to their poetry, music and
dance, the culture of this desert
people lives on. The all-woman
group Tartit - the name means