Mali, the once bustling center of West African music, sits on the brink of civil war. Radical Islamist groups clash with the government while the country is reeling from the withdraw of
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Mali, the once bustling center of West African music, sits on the brink of civil war. Radical Islamist groups clash with the government while the country is reeling from the withdraw of French fiscal and military support. When music, the very lifeblood of Malian culture becomes to subject of extreme censorship, a defiant underground group of musicians rise up, rallying their countrymen for a return to democracy and freedom.