Tinariwen (meaning “desert”) is a collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara region of northern Mali. The group was founded by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib; he and bandmates Alhassane Ag Touhami and Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni have all been present since 1979. Tinariwen first started to gain a following outside the Sahara region in 2001 with the […]