25/01/2015
By Patrick Smith @ The Africa Report.com
"Less than a kilometre from Bamako's Place de la Republique, Chef Rahsaan has just opened the excellent Les Saisons restaurant, offering a Malian marriage of New American and French cuisine. No question, support for Obama was running high on election night at Les Saisons, whose cuisine and ambience are likely to be in high demand among the Bamako cognoscenti.
Chef Rahsaan's place brings to mind other Americo-Malian collaborations: it was the epic duet between Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder that alerted the USA and much of the western world to the haunting beauty of Mali's music. That relationship pointed to Mali's cultural strengths but also its fiercely independent political spirit."
Excerpt from Article: Mali backs Obama election win Posted on Wednesday, 07 November 2012 16:03
A thrilling late comeback by Senegal stunned Ghana in Mongomo on Tuesday night.