Books in Dutch
- Ton van der Lee: Het zandkasteel. Een thuis in West-Afrika
- Lieve Joris: Mali blues
Lieve traveled from Senegal to Mali and describes the lives of the people she meets along the way. - Issa Guindo: Het dagelijks leven van de Dogon
- Geert Mommersteeg: In de stad van de marabouts
- Kris Holloway: Monique en mangoregens. Het leven van een vroedvrouw in Mali
Holloway, a Peace Corps volunteer, spent a few years as assistant to a midwife in Nampossela. - Kira Salak: Naar Timboektoe
A travel report about a kayak trip on the Niger river. - Ada Rosman: Modderhuizen, Markten en Moskeeën, een reis van Dakar naar Timboektoe (en terug). Reisverhaal Mali en Senegal
Books in English
- Maryse Condé: Ségou
- Banning Eyre: In Griot Time, an American guitarist in Mali
An American guitarist chronicles the lives of musicians in Mali. - Geert Mommersteeg: In the city of the marabouts
- Lieve Joris: Mali blues
Lieve traveled from Senegal to Mali and describes the lives of the people she meets along the way. - Kris Holloway: Monique and the mango rains. Two years with a midwife in Mali
Holloway, a Peace Corps volunteer, spent a few years as assistant to a midwife in Nampossela. - D.T. Niane: Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali
Retold by generations of griots (the guardians of African culture) this oral tradition has been handed down from 13th century and captures all the mystery and majesty of medieval African kingship.
Films
- Ton van der Lee: Heavenly Mud
- Susan Vogel: In the Future of Mud: A Tale of Houses and Lives in Djenné, documentary film (2007)
- Jacques Sarasin: Je chanterai pour toi
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Music
Mali is the home of some of Africa's most famous musicians, for example Boubacar Traoré (Kar Kar), Ali Farka Touré, Salif Keita, Oumou Sangaré, Amadou & Mariam, Habib Koité and Toumani Diabaté.
Boubacar Traoré (bottom photo) is one of Mali's most celebrated musicians, and frequently performs in Europe. His songs consist of traditional Malian music schemes, blended with American blues elements and influences of Arab music.