After a bullet nearly killed him while he served as a freedom fighter in the ’90s, Toumast founder Moussag Ag Kenya came to the sensible realization that guitars speak louder than guns—or, at the very ...

In the Sahara — spread across the countries of Mali, Niger, and Algeria — live a traditionally nomadic tribe known as the Tuareg. Maybe the easiest way to describe them is as desert Gypsies, because ...

No callers are identified. No conversations are recorded. No phone records are kept. Now speak clearly and when you are finished say: 'Go ahead'.

Happiness is a state of mind.

Toumast’s albums today are a testimony about the years of combat and disillusion experienced by the Tuareg. The songs contain topics precious to the Ishumar: the nostalgia of the nomadic life, love, ...