Through their music and poetry, the Tuareg share their inner-battles and wider struggles with the world.
![Malian Tuareg musicians Tinariwen lived the 'ishumar' epic at first hand, the author writes [GALLO/GETTY]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014110132340157580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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They are at the centre of the storm in Mali, but within this diverse group every shade of opinion can be found.
![Almost all Tuareg bemoan the dearth of social and economic development in their homeland since the end of colonialism, the author writes [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20141915053738734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A deteriorating situation in Mali leaves the country with few options with which to extricate itself.
Two groups wage a bitter fight for control over the West African nation.
