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Mdou Moctar

Mahamadou Souleymane, known professionally as Mdou Moctar (also M.dou Mouktar; born c. 1986 or 1984) is a Tuareg songwriter and musician based in Agadez, Niger, and is one of the first musicians to perform modern electronic adaptations of Tuareg guitar music. He first became famous through a trading network of cellphones and memory cards in West Africa.Mdou Moctar is a popular wedding performer and sings about Islam, education, love, and peace in Tamasheq. He plays a left-handed Fender Stratocaster guitar in a takamba and assouf style.

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Genres rock african indie rock folk rock

Albums

  1. Afelan
    2013
  2. Sousoume Tamachek
    2017
  3. Ilana: The Creator
    2019
  4. Mdou Moctar Mixtape Vol 3
    2020
  5. Mdou Moctar Mixtape Vol. 1
    2020
  6. Mdou Moctar Mixtape Vol 2
    2020
  7. Mdou Moctar Mixtape Vol. 5
    2020
  8. Afrique Victime
    2021

Other releases

  1. Mdou Moctar / Brainstorm 7"
    2012
  2. Porches./Mdou Moctar Split
    2014
  3. Adounia Ayassohen
    2014
  4. Anar
    2014
  5. Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai
    2015
  6. Mdou Moctar: Blue Stage Session
    2019
  7. Ibitlan
    2020
  8. Chismiten
    2020
  9. Afrique Victime
    2021