Ahmoudou Madassane

The Agadez Folders: Live at Sultan's Palace

The Agadez Folders: Live at Sultan’s Palace features Mdou Moctar performing a complete electric live set at the King’s Palace in the city’s centre. The band are joined by traditional dancers, swordsmen, and upwards of 20 camels with the Agadez Grand Mosque visible against the horizon.

Mdou Moktar - full performance (Live on KEXP)

Mdou Moctar performing live at THING festival at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington. Recorded August 26, 2022 Songs: Takoba, Ya Habibti, Chismiten, Afrique Victime

Zerzura

Zerzura is a feature-length ethnofiction shot in the Sahara desert. Mixing folktales and documentary, the film follows a young man from Niger who leaves home in search of an enchanted oasis.

Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It

Prince goes Sahel in this colorful homage to Purple Rain. Set among the sub-Saharan Tuareg people, and reputedly the first feature film in their Tamashek language (which has no word for "purple," hence the title). Resplendent in a purple robe and matching chopper, smoking hot guitarist Mdou Moctar arrives in a music-mad Niger town and sets about wooing a local beauty, clashing with his pious father, and fencing with the jealous king of the local scene (Kader Tanoutanoute, as wily and dapper as Morris Day) until their climactic six-string shootout.