years_active alias birth_place label background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
2008 -- present m.dou mouktar niger sahel sounds solo_singer 1986 guitar , vocals , synth pop file : mdou moctar milhões de festa 2014.jpg mdou moctar
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mdou moctar

mdou moctar -lrb- also known as m.dou mouktar ; born 1986 -rrb- 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 subtle 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 in a takamba and assouf style .
he is originally from abalak and has also lived in tchintabaraden and libya .
