March 12, 2006

Ali Farka Toure: 1939 - 2006

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Ali Farka Toure: 1939 - 2006

We have lost one of Africa's greatest ever musicians - Ali Farka Toure who passed away this week after a long battle with cancer. Toure brought the blues of Mali to the world but never forgot his home and spent much of the last 20 years in Mali.

Posted by ronn at March 12, 2006 01:22 PM