Ballaké Sissoko - Handarezo
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Ballaké Sissoko - Handarezo

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IMUHAR

(Omar Moctar)
Matinfa tenassé in mouhague tigrawe tickma
Matinfa tinassé in mouhague tigrawe tickma
Ayitma yofa nikare nigrassidane yalla yicknane
Matinfa tenéssé n’mouhar tigrawe tickma
Imuhar tigrawe tickma n’taguilwene ahische rawane
Matinfa ténéssé n’mouhar tigrawe tickma
What good is calm to the Imuhar(1)
who are living in misery? 
In misfortune? 
My brothers, we must awake and understand that we have
gained nothing
What good is calm to the Imuhar living in misery?
In misfortune? 
The lives of the Imuhar are complicated, it is the way these
times are
What use is calm to the Imuhar living in misery? 
In misfortune?

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Haira Alhawa written and composed in 1988 by Alpha Ousman Sankare, Doura Hamada CIsse and Yeya Arby.  Recorded in March 2017.
A music video will follow shortly.
The lyrics say:
A girl and a boy fall in love
And they want to marry
But her parents refuse 
Her childhood girlfriends begin to make fun of her
She begins to cry 
And prays to god 
What has she done to god
That he has given her this sadness
What has she done
To warrant all that has befallen her
Even her younger brothers begin to taunt her 
Parents of the world
Do not be bad parents
Pay attention to your children's happiness
If a boy wants to marry your daughter 
And your daughter wants to marry him
Give them your blessing
Give the girls and women of the world 
The freedom to make their own decisions
Because women are the heros of the world!
That is the message I express in this song."
Personnel are:
Alpha O. "Hama" Sankare - lead vocal and calabash
Oumar Konate - guitars
Sekou Bah - bass
Bouba Souley Cissao - njarka
Mahalmadane "Buntel" Traore - drums

Hama Sankare - "Haira Alhawa" [MV edit]

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When you meet Samba Touré in person, he comes off as a soft-spoken man, a man who easily charms you with his abundant smile and optimistic gait. But on his third album, Albala, which in the Songhai language means “danger” or “risk”, a weighted and at times defiant side of his personality emerges. To call Albala his darkest album is an understatement, but it is not a self-absorbed darkness. The cause of Touré’s worry is the crashing world around him, and more specifically the troubles echoing out from his beloved northern Mali homeland.

The last year has brought cataclysmic change and upheaval to northern Mali. The tragic details of this have been globally reported, so there is little point in sensationalizing them here. But the cumulative effect of these events on Samba’s music seems palpable. There is an added gravity to his voice and his words, an additional sting to his electric guitar; there are sharper edges and more complex undertones in his musical arrangements. 

On “Fondora (Leave Our Road)” Samba sings with indignation:
I say, leave our road/ All killers leave our road/ Thieves leave our road
Looters, leave our road/ Rapists, leave our road/ Betrayers, leave our road

And on the haunting “Ago Djamba (Life Betrays Us)” Touré warns: We do not all have the same opportunities/ Here, nobody is born rich but we all have the same value/ Life betrays us.

As a band member, and valued collaborator of the late Malian legend Ali Farka Touré, Samba established a significant reputation, and through his first two solo albums Songhai Blues and Crocodile Blues (World Music Network) his confidence and musical prowess grew proportionately. 

But Albala is a new flash point. There is more power, there is more grit, the mood is deeper, and aptly, given the album’s title, Touré takes more musical risks.

Recorded at Studio Mali in Bamako, in the autumn of 2012, Samba is joined by his regular band members Djimé Sissoko (n’goni ) and Madou Sanogo (congas, djembe) and guests such as the legendary, master of the soku (a one-stringed violin) Zoumana Tereta and the fast-rising Malian neo-traditional singer Aminata Wassidje Traore. Additionally, Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds, Dirtmusic, Fatalists) contributes an array of subtle atmospherics on guitar and keyboards.

On the opening song, “Be Ki Don”,Samba sings: “Everybody welcomes Samba Touré.”
With an album as soulful and captivating as Albala, that might not be an over-statement.

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Tronéo - Hona  (Boubacar Traoré)

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Hama Sankare - "Haira Alhawa" [MV edit]

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