Bono and Ali attended the Festival du Art in Timbuktu, Mali. This event has been taking place for the last 10 years but this year the organisers doubted whether to do it or not as there is Al-Qaida activity in the area and tourists were kidnapped and killed in November. Security was high and the event took place with no problems and surprises!!!
An audience of around 3000 people gathered to applaud artists from Mali, Níger, Mauritania, Sudan, India, Canada... and Bono, who sang with a band called Tinariwen (a band of Tuareg-Berber musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali). All dressed in black, Bono raised his hand and shouted "We are all brothers here."
"He came (to Timbuktu) despite the security problems. We´ll never forget what he did", Mali musician Bassekou Kouyate said.
More pictures of the festival here.
Excellent pictures of Bono´s visit to Africa by Adrian Steirn (The Guardian)
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| Bono chats to a young boy in Ghana |
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