Etran Finatawa
| Etran Finatawa | |
|---|---|
 Performed in Chicago in April 2008 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | World music |
| founding | 2004 |
| Website | www.etranfinatawa.com |
| Current occupation | |
Electric guitar (lead) |
Alhousseini Mohammed Anivolla |
Acoustic guitar (rhythmic) |
Goumar Abdoul Jamil |
| Bammo Agonla | |
| Bagui Bouga | |
Water calabash (Assakalabo) |
Mamane Tankari |
Etran Finatawa (pronounced: Etran Finataua) is a music group from Niger . The musicians come from two different Nigerian peoples, the Tuareg and the Wodaabe .
Members
Etran Finatawa consists of five musicians, three Wodaabe and two Tuareg . Alhousseini Mohammed Anivolla and Goumar Abdoul Jamil are Tuareg and play bass and electric guitar. Bammo Agonla is a singer and has a rattle tied to his foot called Akayawere . Bagui Bouga plays on a calabash and Mamane Tankari on an assakalabo, a calabash that floats in a pool of water. Further instruments are the mortar drum Tendé and the Hirsehalm flute Odiliri.
Emergence
The group was formed in 2004 at the Festival au Désert in Essakane near Timbuktu . The Tuareg music group Etran and the Peulh Wodaabe music group Finatawa traveled together by off-road vehicle. Sandra van Edig, the manager of both groups, organized that they played some songs together at the festival, which the audience liked so much that they continued to make music together.
style
Etran Finatawa is a world music band playing a style of music called "Desert Blues". The name Etran Finatawa is composed of the Tamaschek and the Fulfulde and means "stars of tradition". The songs deal with various topics, such as beautiful women, animals, the drought, suffering, festivals and some of the political situation in Niger.
Discography
- 2006: Introducing (World Music Network)
- 2008: Desert Crossroads
- 2010: Tarkat Tajje / Let's go!
- 2013: The Sahara Sessions
Web links
- Official website
- Etran Finatawa at Discogs (English)
- Interview with Etran Finatawa: "African societies are not stagnating!" Part of the ARD.de special on 50 years of African independence (2010)