Popular radio host Ras Bath galvanises protest in Mali In Mali, radio host Ras Bath embodies the popular resentment towards politicians, especially among the youth. Behind the microphone, Ras Bath denounces the electoral "fraud machine", slams the Malian army which is "incapable" to defeat the jihadists, lashes out against the government and its alleged "constitutional coup". His lengthy diatribe in Bambara and in French have such a big following across the country that some say Ras Bath might be president IBK's number one opponent. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES