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 World Routes at the Festival on the Niger in Segou, Mali WORLD ROUTES Presented by Lucy Duran Produced by Roger Short Tel. 020 7765 4661 Fax. 020 7765 4378 e-mail world.routes@bbc.co.uk All music recorded in Segou in Mali, 3-5 February 2006 Saturday 26 August 2006, 3:00pm A gathering of some of Mali's most popular musicians, some known internationally and some just famous locally, in the town of Segou on the banks of the Niger River. Lucy Duran introduces music from balafon virtuoso Neba Solo, singer Abdoulaye Diabate and star singer-songwriter Habib Koite. Link - Lucy on the banks of the Niger River in Segou Abdoulaye Diabate: Yaya Muso (7.00) This is a song about women in Mali who have embraced the G-string in favour of more traditional dress Click here for more information Interview: Cheikh Cherif Keita (6.30) Cheikh Cherif Keita is Malian but currently living in the USA w here he is a specialist in Francophone literature. Neba Solo: Balafon Senufo (4.44) Neba Solo is a balafon (large xylophone) player from the Kenedegou region in the south of Mali. Click here for more information Interview: Neba Solo (3.03) Neba Solo: Sur le Niger (6.50) Interview: Habib Koite (4.52) Habib Koite is an internationally know Malian singer/songwriter and guitarist, who plays with the band Bamada. Click here for more information Habib Koite: Fatuma (8.58) Habib Koite: Maya (7.13) This is a song about using your ingenuity to get on in life, even if it's just making millet into beer. Habib Koite: Encore (5.45) http://www.contrejour.com/ Saturday 9 September 2006, 3:00pm Some of Mali 's top musicians performing on the floating stage in this new festival in Segou in central Mali . Amadou and Mariam, the husband and wife duo who have become an international musical sensation in the past year, perform for their home audience, in a more raw and rootsy style than their European concert audiences hear. Link - Lucy on the banks of the Niger River in Segou, watching the local Bozo (fishermen) putting on their traditional marionette theatre Sekouba Bambino: Fleuve Niger Seckouba Bambino's real name is Seckouba Diabate. During the 1980s he was the lead singer of Bembeya Jazz, and being a mere teenager, he acquired the nickname 'Bambino'. He comes from Guinea. Click here for more details Interview: Sekouba Bambino Sekouba Bambino: Bambu Interview: Cheikh Cherif Keita Cheikh Cherif Keita is Malian but currently living in the USA where he is a specialist in Francophone literature. Babani Kone: Ma vie est changé This song translates as 'my life changed'. Babani Kone is Mali's most popular female griot singer, and a fine example of electric 'nyama'. Click here for more details Amadou et Mariam: Beaux Dimanches; La Paix Click here for more details Interview: Amadou et Mariam Amadou et Mariam: Coulibaly massa si; Politic amagni With special guest Tiken Jah Fakoly Click here for the Festival home page The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites   1/10 Festival director Mamou Daffé opens proceedings |
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