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Ali Farka Toure - Commander of the National Order of Mali |
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President Amadou Toumani Toure made Ali Farka Toure a Commander of the National Order at a ceremony in Bamako. “Farka is a monument of Malian music, Farka is the pride of Mali” Ali was widely regarded as a peace-maker, notably singing in all the national languages during the time of civil war. His body was supposed to have been flown to Niafunke near Timbuktu but a sandstorm grounded planes, and mourners instead were forced to travel the 850 km overland in a convoy of jeeps. Links: Pictures of Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté playing the Barbican here on our sister site Flykr and a review of the gig here. Read the review of In the Heart of the Moon Also released recently are the wonderful Red and Green albums Read about Ali playing the Segou Festival in Mali and see Lydia Martin’s pictures of the event on Flykr Finally, Robin Denselow has written a fine obituary in the Guardian Photo by Damian Rafferty |
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