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There is no doubt that the “desert blues” musicians of West Africa connect so easily with international audiences because of the similarity of their music with blues and blues-rock. It seems that the music has emanated from the Sahel and the Sahara to America then Europe and back to Africa.

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Water is a keeper of secrets, a bearer of memory, and a patient teacher. It moves beneath and between all things, carving space for life and asking only that we pay attention. Here, writers gather to listen—and to make an offering: poems, meditations, and witnessings shaped by the slow intelligence of water.

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People walked everywhere in water. We arrived at our destination, a small village where people lived in total inactivity caused by the flood waters. As the guest of honour I was offered a chair and invited to sit with my feet literally under 30 cm of water.

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To help us meet the challenge of climate chaos, the biggest challenge humans have ever faced, we have the science now, the telecommunications, and vast amounts of information. What we need more than anything is our natural strength and legacy of being in community.

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