Music is Mali's most famous cultural asset and has shaped the country's history for centuries. A new book by Andy Morgan recounts how it has suffered under Islamist occupation. Music is the glue that ...

Mali is a country rich in heritage and cultural artefacts. Terracotta and bronze figurines, ancient beads, medieval manuscripts and other archaeological objects from Djenné, Mopti and surrounding ...

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the Malian Association for the Preservation of Bellah Culture ...

Four years after the army staged a coup in Mali’s capital and jihadists banned music in areas they occupied, the country is beginning to reclaim its role as a regional hub for culture. Last year, ...

For many, the word Timbuktu is shorthand for somewhere almost too far away to imagine, evoking a sense of distance and isolation. In reality, Timbuktu is a small desert city in the war-torn African ...

A coup in the capital and a rebellion in the north have put Mali's cultural treasures at risk. Ancient holy sites have been damaged or destroyed,... Dueling Crises Crush Mali's Cultural Treasures Mali ...

In all the depressing headlines about Mali becoming West Africa's 'new Afghanistan', or the frustrated editorials about the country's apparent political paralysis (the ICG's Gilles Yabi recently said ...

Madrid, 15 Mar The cultural platform Google Arts & Culture travels to Mali to show its four wonders (manuscripts, music, monuments and modern art) through a portal that explores the legacy of this ...

PARIS — Experts met Monday at the U.N. cultural organization UNESCO in Paris to find ways of preserving Mali's rich cultural heritage, which was threatened recently by Islamists who controlled the ...

After fighting erupted in Mali in 2012, a number of the country’s cultural treasures were hidden to protect them from Islamist militants who wanted to destroy them. But now these artifacts face a ...

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Mali is a country rich in culture, both old and new. The banging of hammers on silver echos through the main crafts market in Bamako, Mali's capital. It's usually teeming in a place where you can buy ...