Group Bombino were a music group of Agadez

Agadez

-Sources:* Aboubacar Adamou. "Agadez et sa région. Contribution à l'étude du Sahel et du Sahara nigériens", Études nigériennes, n°44, , 358 p.* Julien Brachet. Migrations transsahariennes. Vers un désert cosmopolite et morcelé . Paris: Le Croquant, , 324 p. ISBN : 978-2-91496865-2.*. Saudi Aaramco...

, Niger

Niger

Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east...

 led by Tuareg guitarist Omara Moctar

Bombino (musician)

Omara "Bombino" Moctar is a Tuareg guitarist from Agadez, Niger. Bombino is the subject of the documentary film Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion.-Biography:Bombino was born in Tidene, Niger, a Tuareg encampment outside of Agadez...

 and including some of the members of their associates Group Inerane.

Their music consists of guitar-based political protest song

Protest song

A protest song is a song which is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs . It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre...

s of the Tuareg people's rebellion against the governments of Niger and Mali

Mali

Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

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They recorded the second album in Seattle-based label Sublime Frequencies

Sublime Frequencies

Sublime Frequencies is a record label based in Seattle, Washington that focuses exclusively on "acquiring and exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers," mostly from Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East...

' Guitars from Agadez series, recorded live in Agadez in 2007.

Currently, Bombino

Bombino (musician)

Omara "Bombino" Moctar is a Tuareg guitarist from Agadez, Niger. Bombino is the subject of the documentary film Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion.-Biography:Bombino was born in Tidene, Niger, a Tuareg encampment outside of Agadez...

performs and records under his own name, and has a new album, Agadez, out on Cumbancha Discovery.