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Bocar Madjo's band, who we had filmed at an Afropop tent session on the first morning of the festival, was smoking. And the two women who sing chorus and dance almost stole the show with their eye-batting flirtations and hip gyrations. The highlight of the set was djurou djurou , a dance rhythm from Goundam that Bocar has popularized all over Mali. Bocar told us there are two types of singers in Mali, those who sing homage to people and those who sing to advise people. Bocar is definitely in the latter camp, encouraging kids to work and young people to protect themselves against SIDA (AIDS), above all, through abstinence, although condoms were mentioned too.--Sean Barlow, Afropop Executive Producer

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