Globalquerque, Part II.

The second night opened with Oumar Konaté from Mali. He’s something of the spokesman for his generation, those who watched their republic overthrown by a military government that was so inept that it promptly handed half the country to a guerrilla army of Islamist fanatics. Within days. If a military government can’t even domilitary well . . .
Oumar came out alone, with an acoustic guitar, then gradually added a bass player, drummer, and electricity. After a while I began to think, “Hmm, big l...