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Vieux Farka Toure at Kleinhans Music Hall

by Frank Housh
May 1, 2025

Vieux Farka Toure Kleinhans Music HallBuffalo, NYApril 27, 2025 A spinning top occasionally wobbles. Our spinning earth does the same thing: it's called the “Chandler Wobble." Because of the Chandler Wobble, monsoon rains in the Sahara appear then disappear every 21,000 years. This alternating cycle of “Green Sahara" and Sahara Desert has occurred 230 times in the last eight million years. During most recent cycle, named the African Humid Period, the Sahara Desert ...