Artist

Ibrahim Ag Alhabib

1979-present·Tessalit

Ibrahim Ag Alhabib's childhood nickname, Abaraybone, means roughly 'raggamuffin kid,' the scruffy tearaway always playing in the dirt, and it fit a boy who had lost nearly everything conventional a childhood is supposed to include. During the first Tuareg rebellion in the early 1960s, Malian soldiers arrested his father, a livestock farmer and mason who had aided the rebels, and shot him.

The full story is in Mali Desert Blues.

At a glance

Active
1979–present
From
Tessalit, Mali

In the issues

  • Mali Desert Blues
    Principal · 1968-present · Members

    Mali Desert Blues is a genre from Mali, Algeria, Niger, Libya (Sahara/Sahel region), 1968–present. Its principal artists include Ali Farka Touré, Tinariwen and Ibrahim Ag Alhabib. This issue covers 10 essential albums and 14 dated events.