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From Segou to Timbuktu via enchanted relics of ancient empires, tunes in the dunes, tea with the tuareg and Bamako beats: Welcome to the country of legend. Words Stefan Simanowitz [...]

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Marked by a chorus of bells ringing out across the land, rivers illuminated, and giant screens switched on in city parks, the opening ceremony for the world’s most iconic eve[...]