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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.