Interview with Khaira Arby made around 2018.April in Bamako
[note: Khaira Arby died 2018.Aug.19, aged 58, in Bamako]
This is part of the brilliant Sahara series made by Bram Vermeulen for VPRO, in which he travelled from the west coast of Mauretania through Mali, Niger all the way to the east coast of Sudan. Chad wasn't visited and flown over, because it was too dangerous there.
Though there is very little local music in the series, like Khaira Arby, it's HIGHLY recommended from us here in Pays de Mangues.
The series is made for Dutch television, but most of the language spoken is French and English, only sometimes some Dutch or local language, so pretty easy to follow for non-Dutch speakers.
Full info about the series at www.vpro.nl/programmas/sahara.html
incl.links to watch the
individual parts: 1.Mauritania / 2.Mali / 3.Niger - Zinder / 4.Niger - Agadez / 5.Sudan
PS: sometimes the sound in the VPRO player is doubled, my solution is to switch the sound in the player off, the 2nd sound remains and is synchrone with the pictures
For live music by Khaira Arby head over to
manguemusic.blogspot.com/search/label/Khaira%20Arby