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Essakane/Tombouctou/Timbuktu Festival au désert, continued 2.

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Monday, January 16 2006

1 year, 5 month, 25 days

Essakane, Mali

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Manfred is creator of ThisFabTrek.com, photography and journey, a travel blog (since 2004).

Understand and tolerate, report and photograph, enjoy and live - inhale different concepts of life (all that TV [and the web] cannot give). Reject jealousy, animosity, bigotry. Be free.

Manfred in the desert of the Western Sahara

The mind, when pondering at night has always asked those questions. What are you doing in corporate wonderland, banking, university, office, church. Who is the other animal asleep inside, thinker, punk, creative, cowboy, vagabond, anarchist, healer, artist, writer, photographer, intellectual? Oh God dare you to think.

So when he sees the gamble, manipulations and lies he follows the old old dream, sets out for this journey that is called life, explore the world traveling overland.

Manfred is father of twin boys, Daniel and David.

ThisFabTrek is ongoing. Photography and Journey, Story of Life Around the World, Music, Art, Festivals and Love and Peace. Photography and articles are for sale.

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Daniel David, in Land Rover 6x6x, beach in Djembereng, Casamance, Senegal
Daniel and David on Bonnet of Land Rover 6x6x, on way to Casamance Senegal, eating Bananas.
Daniel and David with nanny Aisha, the best we ever had, black African Woman carrying white twin babies, in Bamako, Mali.

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Land Rover Defender 6x6
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The vehicle of the Africa adventures, a Foley 6-Wheeled Land Rover Defender.

Land Rover 44,051km

Trekking 305km

Ferry 694km

Train 150km

Other cars 5.336km

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Khaïra Arby

or some say Haïra Arby. She is from the desert, north of Timbuktu/Tomouctou. The "Nightingale of the North", she was named. Born into a family of mixed ethnics she sings Songhai, Arabic, Tamashek, and probably some others. All on Afropop.

She is a Diva, a praise singer, poet, story teller. To me she is what Malian female artists are all about. Voice of incredible range and pitch, and songs that seem to last forever, as if she has a lot to say. Khaïra is a grande dame, she is important, at one stage she says "they all started out with me - now they're famous".

Khaira Arby
Khaïra Arby, grande dame.
Khaira Arby
thinks, chants in many languages.
Khaira Arby
Khaïra Arby, nightingale, ...
Khaira Arby
... voice like a dream.

Khaira Arby
A Diva ...
Khaira Arby
... greets,
Khaira Arby
... waves.

Old lady that came on stage joins the ranks of background voices., she must be famouse herself
A Lady enters, kisses the boss ...
Old lady that came on stage joins the ranks of background voices., she must be famouse herself
kisses the boss ...
Old lady that came on stage joins the ranks of background voices., she must be famouse herself
... and joins in.
Young beautiful dancer, staring in the distance
Beautiful young dancer.
Warrior dancer with sword
Warrior dancer.

Khaira Arby
Khaira Arby
Khaira Arby
Khaira Arby

Khaira Arby stage
In no way she thinks of leaving the stage, she is important.
Khaira Arby stage
She would sing (tell the stories) forever.

Khaira Arby stage
Khaïra Arby and background singers.
Khaira Arby stage
The girl in the middle has her solo act.
Khaira Arby stage
Amazing! It's Khaïra's school.

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Swedish Itch.

Dragan Popovic and Janna Erikson, progressiv, brutal, avant-garde, goes straight for your heart. Surprise! They are quite well received even by the Touareg and black audience, a sign of tolerance and acceptance of something new. P.S. Sep 2007 they change their name to MITROPA. (myspace).

Dragan Papovic
Dragan Popovic
Janna Erikson
Janna Erikson ...
Janna Erikson
... has voice.

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Bassékou Kouyaté is on again

Bassékou Kouyaté (myspace), master of the ngoni/n'goni is on again. Read more about him on mali-music.

Bassekou Kouyate
Bassékou Kouyaté.
Bassekou Kouyates' chanteuse
Chanteuse.
Bassekou Kouyates' chanteuse
Amy Sacko.
Bassekou Kouyate and Chanteuse
Chanteuse and Master.

She the singer this evening for Bassekou Kouyate
Bassékou's wife Amy Sacko.
She the singer this evening for Bassekou Kouyate
the band before start.
She the singer this evening for Bassekou Kouyate
Bassékou's chateuse.

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He can dance and sing.
and rock and roll.
Celebrated by Tiris.

I wish I remembered the guy's name, if you do, send me an email.

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