A new book on Aids in Ségou by Professor Christopher A. Brooks

The Most Vulnerable: Women with AIDS and Islam in Mali
By Christopher A. Brooks and Salim Coumaré.
New York: LINUS Learning, 2017

This is an excellent piece of research and writing about health and AIDS in Mali, produced by an anthropologist who is a specialist in the field. The way in which the women's stories are recounted by Dr Brooks, with his colleague and doctoral candidate Salim Coumaré, touches our hearts as well as informing our brains about the problems these women face in their society and in their families. A valuable contribution to our knowledge of West Africa and an interesting spin-off from the Sister City relationship between Richmond, in Virginia and Ségou, in Mali. Thank you, Dr Brooks.

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Wonderful Music Feb. 11, 15 and 20!

Feb 11: Modlin @ Boatright: Fatoumata Diawara Feb 15: A Night of Mali Music Feb 20: From Africa To Appalachia: An Evening with Cheick Hamala Diabte, Sammy Shelor, Danny Knicely and Friends ---------------------- February 15: A Night of Mali Music Fatoumata Diawara Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba At the University of Richmond Camp Concert Hall / Booker Hall of Music on Saturday night, February 15, 2014 at 7:30 pm. Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara has packed a lifetime of experience into her 33 years. Diawara’s career includes stints as a dancer, and a film and stage star before finding her true calling as an unparalleled singer and songwriter. Blending Wassalou traditions of Southern Mali with international influences, Diawara has performed and recorded with Oumou Sangaré, AfroCubism, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou. (From Richmond's Sister City Segou) Bassekou Kouyate is one...

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