Orphans of the Sahara is Al Jazeera's three-part documentary series about the Tuareg people of the Sahara desert. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/Orphans-of-the-Sahara/

Orphans of the Sahara - Music from the film

Tinariwen Generation WFMU

Chabiba (Live)

Album AKAL WARLED released March 2014 Clermont Music CLE008
AVAILABLE online at digital stores or for an LP and CD through http://www.forcedexposure.com/Labels/CLERMONT.MUSIC.html or in Benelux http://xangomusic.nl/ or in France at http://www.orkhestra.fr/catalog.php?FAMR=&TYPR=&LABL_ID=&FIND=Imarhan+Timbuktu
Lyrics/les paroles en Tamashek, French and English added 29 Dec 2013 au fond, at the bottom.
TO ALL THE REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD:
"AKAL WARLED ça traite d'une problematique l'immigration a savoir la vie en exile et les difficultés qu'elle engendrent."
"AKAL WARLED speaks about the problems of immigration and a life in exile and the difficulties it engenders."
The group Imarhane Tombouctou from Timbuktu, Azawad, Northern Mali.  The group is: Mohamed Issa Ag Oumar lead vocal and guitar, Ousmane Ag Oumar rhythm guitar and chorus, Fadimata Walet Oumar hand drum and chorus, Zeinabou Walet hand drum and chorus.  On this recording Baba Traore on bass and Hama Sankare on calabash.  All the group are from the Timbuktu region of Mali but after the crisis there, the group members currently live in three places.  Mohamed Issa is living in a refugee camp in Mauritania with his family. Fadimata and Zeina are living in Burkina Fasso with their families. Ousmane moves between the two countries and Mali.  They are all brothers and sisters.  Baba lives in Bamako Mali and Hama lives in Niafunke Mali.  Baba and Hama sat in for these sessions while all the musicians were on tour in North America July 2013.  Recorded, mixed and mastered at Area 52 Studios in Saugerties New York by Dave Cook, this track is from the album "AKAL WARLED" produced by Chris Nolan of Clermont Music records and to be released in CD 18 March 2014 on vinyl 19 April 2014 through distributor Forced Exposure.  Please leave your comments.  We want to know your thoughts about this music.  Thank you!
Here are the lyrics in Tamashek, French and English:
Track 2 on the March 2014 release - Akal Warled / Un pays étranger / A Strange Country
available here: http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/CLE.008CD.html
This title refers to the issue of exile and its penalties. The song speaks of the suffering of the Tuareg, repeatedly refugees in Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso and Algeria, due to the cyclic armed conflict in their regions of northern Mali.

A country that is not yours is bitter  
It brings relentless depression to the soul 
They want to go home from where they came 
This country dries me out inside
My spirit and heart despair 
A country that is not yours is bitter  
It brings relentless depression to the soul
They want to go home from where they came 
Saharans Fighters, I implore you 
Speak with one voice
Unify this Revolution
A country that is not yours is bitter 
It brings relentless depression to the soul
They want to go home from where they came


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