CULTURETECHLENSFestival au Désert
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-01440 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-E-0070. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
The Festival in the Desert (Festival au Désert) was launched in January 2001 at Tin Essako, Mali, by Manny Ansar with his EFES association, Tinariwen, the French group Lo'Jo and Malian/French supporters; from January 2003 its permanent home was Essakane. The last festival was held in January 2012; on March 30th 2012 Timbuktu was overtaken by Ansar ud-Dine, AQIM and MNLA units, and 'the takeover effectively evicted The Festival in the Desert from its desert home'. Stored venue 'Mali' and note 'paused by conflict' are confirmed; Tinariwen were co-launchers of the festival, which grounds (but does not literally restate) the stored 'Tinariwen's home festival' framing.
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The Festival in the Desert (Festival au Désert) was launched in January 2001 at Tin Essako, Mali, by Manny Ansar with his EFES association, Tinariwen, the French group Lo'Jo and Malian/French supporters; from January 2003 its permanent home was Essakane. The last festival was held in January 2012; on March 30th 2012 Timbuktu was overtaken by Ansar ud-Dine, AQIM and MNLA units, and 'the takeover effectively evicted The Festival in the Desert from its desert home'.
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- Also known as: Festival in the Desert
Sources
- https://www.freemuse.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Music-Culture-Conflict_MALI.pdf (verification source · master store)
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The Festival in the Desert (Festival au Désert) was launched in January 2001 at Tin Essako, Mali, by Manny Ansar with his EFES association, Tinariwen, the French group Lo'Jo and Malian/French supporters; from January 2003 its permanent home was Essakane. The last festival was held in January 2012; on March 30th 2012 Timbuktu was overtaken by Ansar ud-Dine, AQIM and MNLA units, and 'the takeover effectively evicted The Festival in the Desert from its desert home'. Stored venue 'Mali' and note 'paused by conflict' are confirmed; Tinariwen were co-launchers of the festival, which grounds (but does not literally restate) the stored 'Tinariwen's home festival' framing.
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