About Author: Nicolas Roux

Website: http://nicolasroux.wordpress.com/
Description: Nicolas specializes in writing on African and Arabic arts. He has worked in both France and Canada and is presently based in London. He previously co- hosted Amandla, an African current affairs programme in Montreal and is a regular contributor to the online magazine Touki.

Posts by Nicolas Roux

Music Review: Tassili by Tinariwen

Posted on December 12, 2011 | No Comments
Tinariwen have taken Saharan music to a whole new level over the past few decades. Their latest album Tassili slightly shifted...
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Music Review: Kora Jazz Band in Paris

Posted on November 5, 2011 | No Comments
Building on the release of a recent album, Kora Jazz Band and their brand new line-up delivered a fiery performance at...
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Music Review: ONB in London

Posted on June 12, 2011 | No Comments
L’Orchestre National de Barbès (ONB) always brings its share of excitement as a band that was born on stage. Their first...
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Film Review: Agadez:The musician and the rebellion

Posted on May 18, 2011 | No Comments
The London International Documentary Festival 2011 featured the première of Agadez: The Music and the Rebellion. Director Ron Wyman tells the...
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Music Review: Ishumar 2- New Touareg Guitars

Posted on February 27, 2011 | No Comments
Three years after the compilation Ishumar was released, the Touareg rockers are back on Ishumar 2. While the first part presented...
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AQIM, al-Qaeda and the politics of terror in the Sahara

Posted on November 14, 2010 | No Comments
In September, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) abducted seven employees of French uranium giants Areva in northern Niger. An ongoing...
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Oil, terror and exclusion in the Sahara

Posted on October 1, 2010 | No Comments
The Sahara Desert is of strategic interest to many governments, both African and Western. The geostrategic position of the region has...
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Music Review: Deli by Victor Deme

Posted on August 11, 2010 | No Comments
Victor Deme made a breakthrough in the international scene at 47 years of age – now he’s back with a second...
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Music Review: Akal by Atri N’Assouf

Posted on August 1, 2010 | No Comments
When Rissa Ag Wanaghli, former member of the Nigerian music act Takrist N’Akal, meets Plume, a prominent figure in French music,...
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Tamikrest: the new wave of Touareg rock

Posted on July 1, 2010 | No Comments
Representing the new generation of Touareg rock called ishumar, “music of the unemployed”, Tamikrest is the noble heir of legend Tinariwen....
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Rendez-vous Barbès: Music Review

Posted on June 14, 2010 | No Comments
“Barbès is like an antechamber before arriving in the West. It’s a piece of Africa!” says Luis Saldahna of l’Orchestre National...
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Review of Ruined, at the Almeida Theatre

Posted on May 25, 2010 | No Comments
The conflict in Eastern Republic Democratic of Congo has undoubtedly been one of the largest African tragedies for the past decade....
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