Tinariwen
Tinariwen are possibly the only international group or musicians whose founding
members can claim to have been trained as part of an elite desert fighting force
by the late Colonel Gaddafi. Loosely translated, the band's name means 'Desert
Boys', an apt name for a group of wandering Tuareg musicians whose home has been
the deserts of Mali, Libya and Algeria.
The Tuareg culture and famously nomadic lifestyle means Tinariwen by definition
has a fluid roster of personnel with a continually evolving line-up of members.
The band was formed by Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, a Mali born Tuareg ...
