Ilana (The Creator)

Ilana (The Creator)
A pied crow flying above a desert
Studio album by
Mdou Moctar
ReleasedMarch 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)
Recorded
  • Detroit, Michigan, US
  • Niger[1]
Genre
Length38:58
LanguageBerber (Tamasheq)
LabelSahel Sounds
Producer
  • Mickey Coltun
  • Christopher Kirkley
Mdou Moctar chronology
Sousoume Tamachek
(2017) 		Ilana (The Creator)
(2019) 		Afrique Victime
(2021)

“For 48 years France has exploited the uranium in our country, and yet we still don’t have roads, medicines and in many places there is no water or electricity. France says we are independent now but we have no independence, we are modern slaves. They say this is an Africa problem, but we have had enough of what France is doing to us; it’s as if we’re still in the 15th century.”

—Vocalist Mdou Moctar on the political themes on Ilana (The Creator)[4]

Ilana (The Creator) is a 2019 studio album by Nigerien desert blues band Mdou Moctar. This was the first album where the Mdou Moctar turned into a full band, the album has received positive reviews by critics. The album was recorded in Detroit and was released by the record label Sahel Sounds.

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