Mali-ko - Voices United for Mali - Musik für den Frieden

Beitrag von **Birgitt** » So 20. Jan 2013, 12:27

Um auf die aktuelle Situation in Mali aufmerksam zu machen und zu Frieden aufzurufen hat Fatoumata Diawara 40 der bekanntesten Musiker Malis zusammengetrommelt und das nachfolgende Video aufgenommen. Das Kollektiv nennt sich 'Voices United for Mali', dabei sind u.a. Amadou and Mariam, Oumou Sangare, Bassekou Kouyate, Vieux Farka Toure, Djelimady Tounkara, Toumani Diabate, Khaira Arby, Kasse Mady Diabate, Baba Salah, Afel Bocoum, Tiken Jah, Amkoullel und Habib Koite, Der Song heißt 'Mali-ko' (Peace / La Paix).

Singer Fatoumata Diawara has gathered a group of more than 40 Malian musicians in Bamako to record a song calling for peace in face of the Islamist insurgence in the country. "The Malian people look to us," the 30-year-old said earlier this week. "They have lost hope in politics. But music has always brought hope in Mali. Music has always been strong and spiritual, and has had a very important role in the country, so when it comes to the current situation, people are looking up to musicians for a sense of direction."