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Background: The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 with a transitional government and in 1992 when Mali's first democratic presidential election was held. After his reelection in 1997, President Alpha KONARE continued to push through political and economic reforms and to fight corruption. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, he stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou TOURE.

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By pnltravels
April 21st 2008

Musical Mali Africa » Mali » Centre » Ségou

Kayes

The plan was to take the train from Tamba to Bamako. But you know what they say about plans ... We wanted to take the train because we were ready for a different sort of transportation, besides the bone jarring, jam-packed, dusty, sweaty minibus travel we have been doing for so long. After inquiring several times at the Tamba train station, and having our hotel call the station, we found out that the scheduled Saturday train may come on Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday or ... Once we were sure that it would not be arriving on Saturday or Sunday, we [View Full Entry]

By Royanna
March 6th 2008

The Trip Home Africa » Mali

Around Town

March 6, 2008 We finished up our African Trip on February 26th, and I haven’t had a chance to write about our last day there (we arrived home on February 27th and left for Toronto on February 29th and have been there all week at the PDAC conference - heard there were 20,000 - 25,000 people attending the conference this year, it was a busy and successful conference for us). Last Day in Africa Our last day in Bamako, Mali was quite laid back. Pierre sent over the bag we had left while we traveled to Niger and we re-packed our [View Full Entry]

"Company" While We Sip Drinks in the Courtyard

By strutting somewhere
January 23rd 2008

VIVE L'AFRIQUE! Africa » Mali

The Circuit

As the Francophones say, Joyeux Noel and Bonne Annee toute le monde! Please forgive my long absence on the blog, however being on holidays is the best excuse I know for going AWAL, and what a holiday it was. Then to make the delay even longer, the internet at my office has been down for the last week! So grab something to sip on, sit back and relax because this is going to be a long one… Over the last three weeks I had the good fortune of being able to travel to two other West African countries - Burkina Faso [View Full Entry]

Outsdie the deliciously fancy restuarant in Ouaga

The neighbourhood children veiwing the camel

By K K
January 19th 2008

Drumming in Bamako, Mali Africa » Mali » District of Bamako

Jams with Sega

It's important for me to praise the master drummers who taught me so generously in Bamako at the Djembe Hotel, and to tell aspiring djembe players in America about the value of going to Mali and learning from masters like Sega Cisse and Matche Traore. It's hard to put into words how grateful I am to the drummers I played with and learned from in Mali. I got to have an excellent first time experience in playing djembe in its natural environment with the help of Jeremy Chevrier at the Djembe hotel--he's connected to some of the best drummers in Bamako, [View Full Entry]

By nat_vallee
January 18th 2008

Mali trip part 2: New Year's and Mopti Africa » Mali » Dogon Country » Mopti

Hotel room Bandiagara

So… here it goes and continues… about a month later! Sorry.. I’m trying to catch up on the lack of communication here! So.. after the whole Dogon Country thing.. we decided to take a relaxing day off in Bandiagara at a hotel a bit out of town. We had the biggest pile of laundry ever to wash! Good thing for us.. we met a Ghanian Burkinabe woman.. who was all excited to meet us and did it for us! Hurray! The room was nice.. and the meals were good. That night.. we had African tea with the manager of the hotel [View Full Entry]

By ailee
January 17th 2008

Dans le desert Africa » Mali

Calabash drumming

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Monte, the artist I babysitted at the festival

By K K
January 16th 2008

The festival and homeward bound Africa » Mali » District of Bamako » Bamako

KnK au festival

Hi Folks, What Kevin forgot to mention last night is that I am being treated for Malaria and not dying, really! Thanks for all the love and support. I generally feel a bit better in the morning, and I think maybe the drugs are working (fingers crossed) so I'm up now writing in a slightly dizzy going-back-to-bed-soon state. Kevin and others here at the Djembe Hotel are taking fabulous care of me. Despite fraility of body, the trip up to the desert and back was an incredible experience. The Tuereg people are so so beautiful, in dress, in music, in culture. [View Full Entry]

By nat_vallee
January 15th 2008

Mali trip part 1 : The Dogon Country Africa » Mali » Dogon Country » Bandiagara

Waiting for Ouaga-Mopti Bus

Alright.. as Courtney and I took about 600 pictures during the whole trip and there are just so many of them, I decided to divide the Mali trip in Half so that I could put as many pictures as possible for you to see and also, so I wont get pissed off with the slow connection and just go a crappy job. Cause yeah, really, just to post this blog entry takes me a whole afternoon. So much for working enh! But what can you do! So this entry follow the Christmas one. We left on December 26th, had a hard [View Full Entry]

By K K
January 15th 2008

back to Bamako and leaving again... Africa » Mali » District of Bamako

in Sega's village

We've been a long time on the road, all the way up to Timbucktou the fabled city and Essekane to see the festival in the desert--it was a most bumpy road, our bodies are rocked to the core, wiped out and sore, the dirtiest dustiest drive deep in the desert; it's like we drove from Michigan to California, but back in time, the sunsets and sunrises made the trip all worth it. We got to see a lot more of Mali and the many Tuaregs on camels in the desert. Some of the music at the festival was unfortunately European and [View Full Entry]

By Kelebek
January 14th 2008

Festival Au Desert and Timbuctu -- There and Back Again Africa » Mali » North-West » Timbuktu

The Road to Timbuctu

The Road to Timbuktu The last dregs of Dogon country’s vast escarpment, two black sandstone towers, mark the turnoff to Timbuctu, once the world’s most remote outpost, now quite the glamorous prostitute for many a rich (but poor foolish) tourist who puts herself through motor vehicle misery just to say “I’ve been to Timbuctu and back again.” We were ostensibly going for the Festival Au Desert, a music festival and traditional gathering of the nomadic Tuareg tribe, but during our six hour, bucking bronco voyage sans shocks and AC, swerving between a c [View Full Entry]

Camel Races at the Festival in the Desert

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