BROADCASTER Andy Kershaw was first contracted to write his memoirs in 1991.

The interfaces of Islamic and Western culture are many, but when Tinariwen guitarist Abdallah Ag Lamida was abducted by Islamist rebels in Mali in 2012, it was a potential watershed. The plentiful al-Qaida African affiliates seemed to be saying western music is satanic.

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Two-time Grammy Award-winning African musical giant Ali Farka Toure of Mali died today after a long illness, Mali’s Culture Ministry announced. He was in his late 60s.