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May 23, 2012 | Categories: Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Alice Mutasa, Amazigh Kateb, Burkina Faso, celebrate, celebration, Cuba, dance, desert, Essaouira, Festival, Festival au Desert, festival gnaoua, festivals, Gnaoua, koudede, Mali, Morocco, rebellion, ritual, Sahara, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Touareg, tradition, traditional, trance, Travel, tuareg, village | Comments Off
Images from Africa, Cuba, Spain, Venice. Please see the ‘Articles’ section for more on Cuba & the ‘Festival au Desert’ in Mali, and http://www.pbase.com/placesandseasons/zimbabwe for archived images of Zimbabwe
May 16, 2012 | Categories: Galleries, Travel, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, Africain, Africaine, African, Afrika, Alcazar, Alhambra, Alice Mutasa, Arabic, Barcelona, beach, boat, Burkina Faso, camel, camels, canal, canals, celebration, coast, Cordoba, Cuba, Cuban, Djenné, Essaouira, Festival au Desert, festival gnaoua, festivals, flamenco, Fleuve, Granada, Havana, Islam, Islamic, Italy, Mali, Marrakech, Mezquita, moorish, Morocco, mosque, Music, Niger, nomad, nomadic, Pays Dogon, pinasse, port, rebellion, river, Sahara, Santiago, sea, Ségou, Senegal, Seville, Spain, tamasheq, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Tombouctu, Touareg, tradition, traditional, trance, Travel, Trinidad, tuareg, Venice, water | Comments Off
Three of my images from the ‘Festival au Desert’ in Mali are on show at the Museum of World Culture in Göteburg, Sweden, in an exhibition entitled ‘Destination X’. The exhibition explores the various things that motivate people to travel and migrate, and what it is that we look for and hope to find when [...]
Feb 28, 2012 | Categories: Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Alice Mutasa, celebration, desert, Festival au Desert, festival gnaoua, Gothenburg, Mali, movement, Museum, Music, musician, nomad, nomadic, Sahara, Sweden, Timbuktu, Touareg, Travel, tuareg, voyage | Comments Off
My latest photos from the ‘Festival au Désert’ in Mali are now online in the Travel gallery – http://www.placesandseasons.com/2010/05/travel-photograpy/ I was commissioned this year as the festival’s ‘Official Photographer’, and had full access to the stage during the concerts; I was therefore able to capture completely exclusive images of the concerts and artists which will [...]
Mar 22, 2011 | Categories: Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: African, Alice Mutasa, celebration, dance, desert, Festival, Festival au Desert, koudede, Mali, Mali Africa desert; Festival au Desert; Sahara; music; musician; stage; performance; audience; event; celebration; atmosphere; night; Touareg; sand; heat; African; Festival au Desert; nomads; wanderin, Niger, nomad, nomadic, People, rebellion, Sahara, Timbuktu, Touareg, tradition, traditional, Travel, tuareg | Comments Off
This article appeared in ‘Canoe Africa’ magazine: http://www.canoeafrica.com/ (‘Mocha’ issue) Day one The familiar storming bass lines of ‘Amassakoul N’ Tenere’ ring out across the sand dunes as Tinariwen take to the stage in full Tuareg robes & shesh[1] headdress… The now legendary poet guitarists are greeted with rapturous excitement by the audience, as their [...]
Mar 10, 2011 | Categories: Articles, Latest news, Uncategorized | Tags: Africa, African, Alice Mutasa, celebrate, celebration, dance, desert, dune, Festival, Festival au Desert, festivals, Khaira Arby, koudede, Mali, Music, musician, Niger, nomad, nomadic, People, rebellion, Sahara, shesh, tartit, Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Touareg, tradition, traditional, trance, Travel, tuareg, turban | Comments Off
Read my review of the ‘Festival au Desert’ 2010 edition in the latest edition of ‘Canoe Africa’ magazine (‘Mocha’ edition). ’Canoe Africa’ is available in most anglophone African countries, and content can be viewed online: http://www.canoeafrica.com/index.html
May 01, 2010 | Categories: Latest news | Tags: Africa, African, dance, desert, Festival, Festival au Desert, Mali, Music, musician, nomad, nomadic, Sahara, Timbuktu, Touareg, Travel | Comments Off