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One of the most striking things about Mali is the diversity of artists represented. Ramatou Diakité comes from the fields of the bluesy Wassoulou region of southern Mali. Tinariwen is a Kel Temeshek or Tuareg band, whose trancey Sahara desert blues served as the musical soundtrack to a fierce fight against discrimination, passed via cassette from camel to 4x4 to taxi across the region. Though Habib Koité—the only artist featured on the album that comes from a griot family—originates from the Bambara tribe, he is known for integrating a diversity of Malian styles into his repertoire. Habib has released two successful albums,
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Mali has a relief dominated by flat surfaces at an average altitude of 200 metres, studded here and there with hills and buttes which hardly exceed 1,000 metres altitude (see Figure 3.). Its topography varies according to geology and varies according to natural region. The survey of land resources has identified fourteen regions within the four bioclimatic zones which characterize the country.
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Mali's constitution provides for a multiparty democracy, with the only restriction being a prohibition against parties based on ethnic, religious, regional, or gender lines. In addition to those political parties represented in the National Assembly, others are active in municipal councils.
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