Day 108: Mali

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ml.html

Discuss.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Just some black muslims. Who cares about them?

[Cubby]

I don't think they are all Muslims, if I recall its half Muslim, half Christian.

It was better off as French West Africa.

Timbuktu is located in Mali, although in reality its probably a boring provincial town.

[Rob]

It's one of the more liberal Muslim countries IIRC; isn't Islamism on the rise, though?

[Cubby]

It's one of the more liberal Muslim countries IIRC; isn't Islamism on the rise, though?

I haven't heard about that. Mali is far less Islamist than its neighbor to the west Mauritania.

This country also has a nomadic Touareg/Berber minority in the North, like Niger and Chad.

[minionofmidas]

It's one of the more liberal Muslim countries IIRC; isn't Islamism on the rise, though?

I haven't heard about that. Mali is far less Islamist than its neighbor to the west Mauritania.

This country also has a nomadic Touareg/Berber minority in the North, like Niger and Chad.

It's virtually 100% Islamic. I think it's still a very traditional place.

The Blues come from Mali, of course.

[WMS]

One of the few stable democracies in Africa...somehow.