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Mdou Moctar

Nigerien musician
Person Human Q16732408

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
1985
Place of birth
Abalak
Country of citizenship
Niger[5]
Occupation
guitarist, songwriter
Genre
desert blues, rock music[7][8]
Official website
www.mdoumoctar.com[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Tuareg, English, French[12][13][14]
Family name
Souleymane[9]
Given name
Mahamadou[10]
Start of work period
2008[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mahamadou Souleymane en Mdou Moctar ar مدو مختار de Mahamadou Souleymane fr Mahamadou Souleymane nl Mahamadou Souleymane
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
000000041838492X
VIAF cluster ID
305143930
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2018102583
GND ID
1193262836
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mdou Moctar (15609545012).jpg ↗
Africultures person ID
51244
Album of the Year artist ID
19607
AllMusic artist ID
mn0002840753
Apple Music artist ID
552742374
Bandcamp profile ID
mdoumoctar
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
167056095
Deezer artist ID
3787071
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1193262836
Discogs artist ID
2374748
Europeana entity
agent/base/140205
Facebook username
mdoumoctarofficial
Freebase ID
/m/0nhwzvx
HAND ID
DA1F-CB9D-9FEB-F35B-C375
IMDb ID
nm7318018
IdRef ID
241084989
Jaxsta profile ID
2ec11b60-bb44-46a6-9e4e-fe55766071d1
MusicBrainz artist ID
d85defaf-b82e-48be-beb5-2672099e392e
NME artist ID
mdou-moctar
Pitchfork artist ID
mdou-moctar
Songkick artist ID
7962938
Spotify artist ID
48dgx7iGqLQ3E5KO3pzd94
Tidal artist ID
7842395
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpDTqqJwgGyjjtVgGvvHC

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🔗 Connections
Languages spoken, written or signed 3
English, French, Tuareg
Mb:performer of 3
Afrique Victime, Funeral for Justice, Ilana (The Creator)
Occupation 2
songwriter, guitarist
Country of citizenship 1
Niger
Genre 1
rock music
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Abalak
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Mdou Moctar was born in 1985[1] in Abalak[2]. He has worked as a guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[16]

  • Country: NE[17]

  • Began / founded: 1986[18]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, desert blues, psychedelic rock, rock[19]

  • Community tags: blues rock, desert blues, niger, psychedelic rock, rock, tishoumaren, tuareg[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d85defaf-b82e-48be-beb5-2672099e392e[21]

FAQs

Where was Mdou Moctar born?

Mdou Moctar was born in Abalak[2].

What did Mdou Moctar do for work?

Mdou Moctar worked as a guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

Related Entities

Niger

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . dazeddigital.com. dazeddigital.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 7842395
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63222: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part3.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  2. 14d ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-10-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NME artist ID → mdou-moctar
    "Created claim: NME artist ID: mdou-moctar, Matched to mdou moctar (#214800752) in NME artist #mi"
  3. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → DA1F-CB9D-9FEB-F35B-C375
    "Created claim: HAND ID: DA1F-CB9D-9FEB-F35B-C375, batch #269215"
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