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The music has died in northern Mali as Islamic extremists exert control

August 24, 2012
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Northern Mali was taken over by militants and Islamic extremists and now they're in the process of implementing a system of Sharia law in that part of the country. That's meant an end to musical performances across the part of the country controlled by the extremists.

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