Hip Deep October 12, 2023
Hip Deep in Mali: The Tuareg Predicament
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The program samples a rich variety of Malian Tuareg music and includes conversations with Tuareg musicians and cultural authorities in the wake of Mali’s crisis, along with University of Houston anthropologist Susan Rasmussen.

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