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Charlotte Doughty
Charlotte Doughty is a student majoring in journalism and Latin American studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Tinariwen's Sahara Blues
Arts & Culture
Coming out of the struggles of post colonial desert Africa, Tuareg band Tinariwen adapted blues rock ‘n‘ roll guitars to North African traditions. The result has been nearly four decades of a sound that has inspired an entire genre of “desert blues,” in which themes of loss, home, hope and unity transcend language for audiences around the world.