Etran Finatawa has been played on NTS in shows including Kaitlyn Aurelia-Smith Presents: TouchThePlants, featured first on 11 July 2022. Songs played include An Mataf Germanawen.

Etran Finatawa was formed as a band at the time of the 2004 Festival in the Desert near Timbuctou in Mali. The literal meaning of their name is ‘the stars of tradition’. They are the first group to use the songs and music of the Wodaabe in a modern context. They began as a group of ten musicians who wanted to unite the Wodaabe and the Tuareg nomadic cultures as a symbol of peace and reconciliaton. The touring and…