normally, the kel tamaschek live scattered across the sahara region. they got together once a year. the festival was something of a family reunion. in 2013, woodstock in timbuktu was released. manny ansar is the director of the desert festival. >> when we started the festival, mali was just coming out of a civil war. a rebellion that destroyed a lot, especially between nomads and settled people. for the first time, people could enjoy themselves together again, with music and dance. >> some 10,000 people celebrating in the desert. daytime is for traditional music and dance. evenings, the stage is reserved for malian rock bands. 2013 saw the last of the timbuktu festivals, at least for now. the city was occupied by islamic extremists. musicians and festival organizers received death threats and fled to neighboring countries. manny ansar also went into exile. in berlin, he and desiree von trotha met again. -- mali is no longer a safe place for musicians. >> it is like this, music, everything that is music and not chapters of the koran that our song is the work of the devil, according t