White Mustard, Monday, 18 May 12026 HE
2026-05-18 | 26E18 | 2026-138 | 2461179
2026-W21-1 | Q2 | Verano
2013-09-08 – Olympus PEN E-PL1
Sierra Azul, San José, California
Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder – “Diaraby” ↗
second to southeast Asia, I like some of the north African and Saharan cultures – the food, music, art, and architecture coming out of that part of the world all shows the impact of living in desert environments, with Mali famous for its “desert blues” – what I don’t like as much is the societies – all of them are heavily influenced by Islam and show extreme separation (and inequality) between genders (Mali ranking 157 out of 160 for gender inequality) – the men go out to tea shops and chat amongst themselves – the women visit each other’s houses and chat amongst themselves – but there’s no co-ed chatter and banter, no mixed third spaces for the two to get to know each other
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