{"id":88094,"date":"2021-09-23T11:41:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/mdou-moctar-afrique-victime-docu\/"},"modified":"2021-09-24T12:56:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T10:56:06","slug":"mdou-moctar-afrique-victime-the-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/mdou-moctar-afrique-victime-the-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Mdou Moctar releases documentary focusing on his album, Afrique Victime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Tuareg guitarist takes us behind the scenes of his album in a 10-minute short film, shot in Niger. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Afrique Victime<\/em>, by Mdou Moctar<\/a>, has been one of the defining albums of the year so far. Championed by Chris Kirkley via his label Sahel Sounds<\/a>, the Nigerien luminary has finally reached the top with his most recent record, published on the highly respected Matador Records. On its nine tracks, the project revels in a true fusion of rock and Tuareg poetry, evoking love, women’s emancipation, injustice, religion and West-African colonial exploitation, all tinged with a touch of 70s rock. A few months following the release, the artist has released a ten-minute documentary on the creative process behind the album, involving Ahmoudou Madassane, Souleymane Ibrahim and Mikey Coltun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The short film also discusses the political circumstances that accompanied the artists in their creation. Moctar himself cited the situation in Niger as inspiration for Afrique Victime<\/em> in PAM\u2019s French interview<\/a> with him: “Many things are getting worse and it’s accelerating. Today, there are armed terrorists on motorbikes who are robbing people. A few weeks ago, they killed 213 people in villages, including young children, women, elderly people… […] I can’t say all that in a song, that’s why I’m looking for the kind of interview we have together today to get these messages across, that’s what pushed me to make this album<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afrique Victime<\/a><\/em> by Mdou Moctar is available on Matador Records. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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