Tartit
Tartit, a Malian band formed in 1992 in a refugee camp in Mauritania, consists
of five women and four men who are Tamasheq-speaking Tuareg from the Tombouctou
Region. The group's debut concert took place at the MASA Trade Fair for African
Arts in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, in 1995. Tartit released their first album,
Amazagh, in 1997, and gained wider recognition with their second album,
Ichichila, recorded in 2000. They continued to tour extensively, performing at
notable festivals such as WOMAD in Seattle and the Festival in the Desert. In
2006, they released their third album, Aba...
