Malian arts scene threatened by jihadist activity, funding woes West African political shifts ripple through festival in Segou Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger exit ECOWAS, form new alliance SEGOU, Mali, Feb ...

SEGOU, Mali (Reuters) - Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts ...

BAMAKO, Mali(AP) — In a residential neighborhood in Mali's capital, a parade of giant marionettes marched through the streets as motorcycles and taxis squeezed through the busy road, stopping at ...

This December, Brown's Mande dance company New Works will perform in the biennial arts festival in Mali. "It's a great, great honor," said Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, senior lecturer in theatre, speech ...

In the last decade, Boulder dance maven Danelle Helander journied to the far reaches of the world to complete a four-year cultural-exchange project with Boulder sister cities. With that behind her, ...

The new Islamist rulers of northern Mali are not just torturing and maiming those who do not follow their views, they are systematically extinguishing one of Africa's most diverse cultures. In the ...