Today, the Tuareg rock band lead by Mdou Moctar have released a video of a live performance of their song, “Tala Tannam.” You can check it out below: Mdou Moctar are one of the more successful, contemporary rock acts to come out of West Africa. Mdou started his career playing on a homemade guitar, and his first album was distributed entirely underground via phone card. He has come a long way since then, with his sixth album Afrique Victime poised to drop on Matador Records on May 21 of this year. On the performance of “Tala Tannam,” the band’s bassist Mikey Coltun reflects on how it came about: “In winter 2020, the Mdou Moctar band met up in Niamey, the capital of Niger, to record a few songs in anticipation of the release of, Afrique Victime. We were st...