Ali Farka Touré & Boubacar Traoré - Diarabi

[joseph72790]

Beautiful.

[sarahchng]

What is it about Mali that makes so much of their music so resonant. I hope there will be peace in the Sahara desert one day and I can go there.

[Chaanee]

I saw this on swedish tv when aired, thanks for uploading, I wouldn't usually encourage uploading copyrighted stuff, but this is so special and different, that it should be on the UNESCO world heritage list.

[hvossoogh]

That land. The Color of Dust. Golden dust. All Heart. All He. Only He. Everywhere, He.

[TheTykain]

Diarabiiiiii , mon chéri !!! j'adore cette chanson!Elle me file des frissons !

[quietfi123]

this is so utterly beautiful. never heard anything like it.

[chamaneando]

pocas cosa tan beatiful



[spudthrower]

LaBlogoteque Mali Style!!

[principessa1984]

Do you know what city/town in Mali this is? The architecture is beautiful

Also, when was this recorded?

[gagny01]

northern Mali probaly Timbuktu or djene OR Gao

[sambatoure100]

@gagny01 It's the villaga of Niafunké. Farka's hometown

[norstate]

@principessa1984 this is in niafunke, ali's hometown. this is the old schoolhouse where his album "niafunke" was recorded. the release date on this film is 2002.

[principessa1984]

@norstate Thanks!

[marymary111]

amazing



[LuckyDiceSandra]

This is so beautiful and peaceful and the documentary about Boubacar's life where is from je Chanterai Pour toi is one of the most impressive music documentaries I have ever seen. It really made me cry.

[666MeskaLina]

mmmh.. :-)

[ilfriendly]

check out Rokia traore,she has amazing music !also from west africa :)

[Michaelatmo]

the video is as transporting as the music!

[joseguzman58]

Gorgeous, hipnotic sound.....

[autakey]

No comment...

[sanguyan]

they are kings indeed.

[CAI0video]

magic music in a magic environment - great Musicians!

[10Ammar]

This is absolutely brilliant!

[principessa1984]

beautiful

[complimentsofthechef]

music from Mali is just gorgeous... Its ethereal almost.

[4TFW]

ich allah! boubacar and ali doin some mali stuff!

[Xanctus]

the hairs on the bk of my neck and arms raised up. signaling some sort of cognitive breach. lovely music for the psyche.

[Rebelconformist82]

@Xanctus it gave me the same effect

[GeSpintoje]

God knows I cried listening to this..

[mehmus]

This is where I want to do my dissertation.. God bless your soul Ali.. and may Imam Ali himself ensure that you're safely tucked into a bed of gold up in Heaven..

[JuraBL]

Well I am not Muslim and don't know who the Imam Ali is but I hope he will also give him one golden guitar to play some of this beautiful music to all the good guys up there!

[m6m17]

am not sure u speak the language. so am going to tell you what he is singing about :)

"my love , talk to me"

"oh oh oh oh ohhhhhhhhh ohhhhh, my love"

that it, nothing about GOD in here.

[JuraBL]

I know what the theme of the song is :) I was just replying to mehmus and he was giving blessings to Ali Farka Toure, so I joined in. By the way, is there anything more divine than love?!? :) I would appreciate if you could write the actual lyrics to this song (not the translation). I know how to play it on guitar but I have to mimic the words so I sounds different every time :)

[m6m17]

well, i dont know how to spell the writing of language BAMBARRA. the words are spelled differently the actual "a-b-c-d-e...z"

they write it differently. i only know how to speak it.

[JuraBL]

well improvise then:) I am from Bosnia and we have a writing system where every sound has its letter. We use modified standard Latin alphabet (ABC...) so the "Diarabi" would be "Đarabi"(Djarabi). If you are from Afrika* (you probably are since you understand Bambarra) you could try to use standard spelling you use for your native language. I will probably decipher it. Thanks any way! * this is how we spell Africa in Bosnia

[shango007007]

@m6m17 do u notice the purity of this music and how it manages 2 amaze me despite ur FAILED attempt 2 turn it in2 a "nigga moment"??

[AmaoNoBolso]

@CushiticSomalianMale

why so much hate?

[CushiticSomalianMale]

ameeen fam... insha Allah he is in the highest of the 7 stages of Allah's paradise.. Amiiiin!

[callboosh]

or if anyone knows how to play that

[setlatla21]

i cried. i'm crying. somebody please post the lyrics in english. the beauty that lives in us *sigh*

[Ouarraba]

This language is Malinke or Mandingue which is spoken in over 10 countries in west africa.

[noodnadim]

what is that language?

[principessa1984]

probably one of the mande languages or songhai

[VraiDiouf]

It is Bambara, a mandé language.

[Galacticplane]

Yes, this video was shot at Niafunke'. The great Ali Farka Toure used this site on the edge of the Sahara as a recording studio in 1999. He recorded his LP "Niafunke" there. Yes, Both Boubakar Traore and Ali Farka Toure look very Royal as they walk through the main building at Niafunke. A beautiful tune written by "Kar Kar" Traore. Thank you for sharing this lovely tune.

[SleepDirtyJazzySet]

One of the most immaculately woven acoustic guitar compositions i've ever heard. I ordered "Je chanterai pour toi" just for this.

[thokthok1972]

if i remeber it's not far from Niafunke

[sennait]

don't they look like kings? So regal. I wish I was west african!!!

[noodnadim]

hahaha right ?

[ouroboros98]

Very powerful music

Thank you very much for posting this - I have been searching for it for a long time.

Do you know where they are in the video?