endangered music traditions in Mali

I forgot to post some music in the previous entry. So here is something worthy to educate you all. These musicians from Mali really do speak the truth. I wish this philosophy about music was applied and instilled in the American lifestyle. We're so consumed with fast cars and fashion. We've become a capitalistic society, and for what, materialistic pleasures to make us feel like we have it better than everyone else? What a better world would we live in if we concentrated on real matters at hand, on honest passion, and preserving our personal cultures.

Here are a couple of videos on musicians from Mali. These videos solidify my appreciation for real music, where it all started, to an even higher degree. In a place where their only way of survival is to play music, their instruments have been stripped of them, and yet they still continue to persevere.