Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime CD

Mdou Moctar – Afrique Victime

On May 21, Matador Records will release Afrique Victime, the long-awaitednew albumby Mdou Moctar. WithAfrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky –boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and “rock music”by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise,andfield recordingswith poetic meditations on love, religion, women's rights,inequality,and Western Africa’s exploitation at the hands of colonial powers.

Tracklist:
1. Chismiten
2. Taliat
3. Ya Habibti
4. Tala Tannam
5. Untitled
6. Asdikte Akal
7. Layla
8. Afrique Victime
9. Bismilahi Atagah

Label: Matador  
Released: 2021