By: Kat Comic Uno In 2013 Islamic militants banned all music in Mali, Africa. Many of the artists were threatened and instruments were burned. These extremists had gone to the extent of kidnapping one of the guitarists from the band Tinariwen. During all of this turmoil Tinariwen was ready to produce their new album Emmaar. With political tensions rising and increasing danger to the artists in Mali the band realized they could not record in their homeland. It was extremely important to them that they maintain an environment that would…
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