Building to a powerful guitar crescendo, a stirring new desert blues and rock single about cultural identity by the Nigerian Tuareg musician and band return with a title meaning “brother or comrade”. It’s taken from Mdou Moctar's upcoming sixth album, Funeral for Justice, out on 3 May via Matador Records. A translation of the lyrics are below. To explore more by Mahamadou "Mdou Moctar" Souleymane and co, see also the other embedded links.
Imouhar, you know this indeed we have a written history
Written in books and the whole world knows it
Written in books and the whole world knows it
Imouhar, Imouhar wherever you are, you are
Tuareg Turbans and camels, symbols of our legacy and pride
Turbans and camels, symbols of our legacy and pride
Imouhar why are you abandoning your language, Tamasheq?
You stopped speaking it
You stopped writing it
You stopped speaking it
You stopped writing it
Imouhar, Imouhar this shames us, we must confess
Waking up one day our kids can’t speak Tamasheq
They can’t speak Tamasheq nor write it
Imouhar, Imouhar wherever you are, you are
Tuareg Turbans and camels, symbols of our legacy and pride
Turbans and camels, symbols of our legacy and pride
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