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Malian Musicians’ Peace Caravan Brings Message of Reconciliation

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In 2012, a coup kicked off a diaspora of Malians from which the country has not yet recovered. Malians fled by the hundreds of thousands and ended up in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania. After a Tuareg rebellion, a coup in Bamako, and then a jihadist takeover of the north, religious extremists held sway and did the unthinkable — they banned music, something Malians cannot imagine. Music to unite But some refugee musicians hope they can use music to encourage Malians to return,...

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