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Alkibar Gignor

Alkibar Gignor has been played on NTS shows including The NTS Breakfast Show w/ Zakia, with Djougal Nangho first played on 29 January 2017.

Alkibar Gignor is a band composed of family and apprentices of Afel Bocoum (a guitarist hailing from Niafounke).

The town of Niafounke is alongside the Niger River in Northern Mali. It is notably famous for being the birthplace of Ali Farka Toure, and the tradition of music continues here. The town itself is mostly Songhai (or Sonrai), and the music that we associate with the North, the drumming guitar bass and double octave, the Malian "blues" as it may be -…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Adouna
Alkibar Jr
Sahel Sounds2020
Adouna
Alkibar JrSahel Sounds2020
Discogs
Adournia (Sabo Edit)
Alkibar Gignor
Sol Selectas2017
Adournia (Sabo Edit)
Alkibar GignorSol Selectas2017
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Djougal Nangho
Alkibar Gignor
Sahel Sounds, Mississippi/Change Records2012
Djougal Nangho
Alkibar GignorSahel Sounds, Mississippi/Change Records2012
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