Posted January 17, 2012 by killakam 3 comments

Video: Bono x Tinariwen At The Festival au Désert

U2 singer and humanitarian extraordinaire Bono was recently spotted at the annual Festival au désert (Festival in the Desert) in Mali. According to Afropop, the Irish singer was there “with a delegation of 20 people from the One Foundation… and he sat in the VIP section between the Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism and Arts.”

The UK’s Telegraph captured footage of Bono onstage with seminal Touareg group, and festival staple, Tinariwen and Bassekou Kouyate [edit: thanks Drea]. Their report highlighted the fact that “al Qaeda threats have kept crowds away” from attending the Timbuktu festival. Watch video of Bono onstage with Tinariwen above.

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Drea

Maybe Tinarriwen was on stage too, but that is Bassekou Kouyate with Bono.
Dave

when you get to timbuktu just go into market and get a turban, don’t act like an idiot, and you’re good.
João

Drea,

they played one improvised song together. Bassekou Kouyate, Tinariwen, and Bono “de youtube” (as they said). Interestingly, the large majority of the audience had no idea who he is.