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L'afrique Électrique De Mdou Moctar ONC’est maintenant, EN et c’est de l’art, de la culture, PARLE de la mode, du design et du voyage Le musicien (en noir) entouré de L’AF R IQ U E son groupe. BLUES ROCK ÉLECTRIQUE DE MDOU MOCTAR Avec son nouvel album enthousiasmant, le GUITARISTE ET COMPOSITEUR TOUAREG de 35 ans confirme qu’il fait partie des artistes sahéliens à suivre. « L’AFRIQUE EST VICTIME de tant de dont il est capable. Depuis, même crimes / Si nous nous taisons, ce sera des créateurs de mode comme notre fin », affirme-t-il dans son nouvel Virgil Abloh ne jurent que par lui. album. Mdou Moctar sait de quoi il Aujourd’hui, Afrique Victime parle, lui, le natif d’Agadez, village enfonce le clou de ses velléités perdu au cœur du désert nigérien. Lui, punk, loin d’être incompatibles avec l’un des jeunes héritiers du patrimoine l’électrique contagieuse qui résonne lors touareg, qui a grandi en écoutant aussi des fêtes de mariages d’Agadez. Entre bien la musique traditionnelle morceaux sous tension que le hard rock d’Eddie (« Chismiten », «Asdikte Van Halen. Et sa musique, Akal ») et ballades brillant il l’incarne en tamasheq par la simplicité de leurs (langue touarègue). mélodies (« Ya Habibti », En 2015, Moctar « Tala Tannam »), il illuminait le premier film bénéficie de l’expertise touareg, Akounak Tedalat sonore de Mikey Coltun, Taha Tazoughai (« Pluie de à la production, et MDOU MOCTAR, couleur bleue avec un peu de d’Ahmoudou Madassane, Afrique victime, rouge » en français), remake qui a également lancé Matador. décalé du Purple Rain de le premier groupe Prince réalisé par Christopher Kirkley. révolutionnaire rock touareg, Les Filles Il s’agissait de retracer le parcours de ce de Illighadad. Guère étonnant si Moctar jeune guitariste passionné qui affrontait se range du côté de l’égalité des sexes bien des obstacles pour vivre de sa ici. Il raconte l’amour, la célébration, musique. De quoi se faire connaître son admiration pour le grand Abdallah au-delà des frontières et, en 2019, sortir ag Oumbadougou, la religion mais un premier album studio, Ilana : The aussi la révolte, les stigmates coloniaux. A - DR H Creator. Enregistré avec son groupe Un besoin irrépressible de liberté de scène (le bassiste Mikey Coltun, habite cet album qui, contrairement le guitariste rythmique Ahmoudou à ce que son nom indique, clame WH MOUSTAP Madassane et le batteur Souleymane haut et fort la puissance sacrée du Ibrahim), il démontre la fièvre rock continent africain. ■ Sophie Rosemont 6 AFRIQUE MAGAZINE I 417 – JUIN 2021 AFRIQUE MAGAZINE I 417 – JUIN 2021 7 ON EN PARLE Le chef et journaliste Stephen Satterfield nous entraîne de l’Afrique aux États-Unis. Wish you were here, SOUNDS de Mary Sibande, À écouter maintenant ! 2010. ❶ Anaiis Juno, Dr. Martens Presents Afin de partager son expérience en tant que femme noire, plaçant au cœur des débats les problèmes de santé mentale qui peuvent en découler, la chanteuse franco-sénégalaise Anaiis lance un projet en trois étapes via Dr. Martens Presents, une plate-forme destinée à soutenir les talents émergents : d’abord, la sortie du single « Juno », puis un guide personnel sous forme de jeu de cartes, et pour finir des rencontres avec la photographe Charlotte Abramow, l’actrice Déborah Lukumuena et la réalisatrice Néhémie Lemal. Extrait de Mélas de Saturne, de Josefa ❷ Kamel El Harrachi Ntjam et Sean Hart, OIRE Nouara, Kamiyad 2020. DOCU M NOUVEAUX Son père, Dahmane É LA TRAVERSÉE DU GOMBO El Harrachi, est celui qui a M Du BÉNIN AU TEXAS, une série gourmande explore les racines de la soul MONDES offert « Ya Rayah » au monde. Depuis les années 1990, food et montre combien celle-ci est loin de se réduire au fried chicken… Pour la SAISON Kamel s’évertue à entretenir AFRICA2020, Bordeaux la flamme du chaâbi algérien, CRÉDITER LES NOIRS de leur apport des cuisiniers, des blogueurs, des historiens, expose des œuvres tout en travaillant comme éducateur à la cuisine américaine : c’est l’ambition ou de simples jardiniers. Aux États-Unis, les dans un institut médico-psychologique… d’un percutant et délicieux docu-série Afro-Américains se réapproprient le riz de tressées de récits et en partant de temps à autre en tournée inspiré d’un livre de l’historienne Jessica Caroline du Sud (celui-là même que leurs intimes et collectifs. internationale ! Aujourd’hui, il fait une B. Harris. Dans le premier épisode (sur ancêtres esclaves étaient forcés de cultiver) déclaration d’amour à son pays natal quatre), entièrement tourné au Bénin, on et les bas morceaux du cochon ou du En PRÉAMBULE, habillée de bleu et de blanc, une sculpture en reprenant le corpus de son père, mais la retrouve au milieu du marché Dantokpa, bœuf (délaissés à l’époque par les maîtres) à taille humaine dévide une pelote de laine rouge. Témoignage aussi deux de ses délicates compositions. à Cotonou, interrogée par celui qui nous dans des plats accommodés avec talent par vibrant sur les décennies d’apartheid, l’impressionnante servante, guide dans ce voyage, le charismatique leurs aïeux. On y apprend que les chefs des modelée sur l’artiste sud-africaine Mary Sibande, déroule chef et journaliste Stephen Satterfield. premiers présidents étaient noirs ou encore ❸ Pat Kalla & Le Super Mojo l’histoire de son pays à travers son propre récit. Le fil conducteur Hymne à la vie, Heavenly Sweetness Une plante sur les étals symbolise le lien qu’un esclave affranchi a fait fortune en de l’exposition est bien celui de la mémoire. Un fil au bout entre les continents africain et américain : faisant aimer les huîtres aux New-Yorkais… duquel, de création en création, surgit enfin une autre vérité. Au micro, Pat Kalla, le gombo (aussi appelé okra), présent dans Des séquences de repas ponctuent cette Passeuse, tisseuse et rassembleuse, voilà les rôles que chacune la voix lyonnaise d’origine bien des soupes et des ragoûts des deux côtés odyssée, et en faisant ressurgir les fantômes des 14 artistes exposées, du continent et de la diaspora, endosse camerounaise de Voilààà de l’océan, a fait le voyage dans les cales des d’un passé douloureux, amènent les convives avec brio. Ainsi, venues du Zimbabwe, d’Algérie ou du Ghana, ou de Conte & Soul. À la bateaux négriers… Une émouvante séquence au bord des larmes. La cuisine est affaire Le deuxième épisode (sur quatre) elles se font toutes l’écho d’une phrase de Nina Simone, inscrite à la Porte du non-retour, à Ouidah, rend de goût et de sensibilité. Mais aussi de se déroule en Caroline du Sud, où de production et aux beats, le DJ nombreux esclaves furent déportés. en exergue : « Le devoir d’un artiste, en ce qui me concerne, Guts. Et aux instruments, hommage aux souffrances des ancêtres, fil mémoire. Jusque dans cet agneau mijoté est de refléter l’époque. […] Et à ce moment crucial de votre le Super Mojo, qui mixe l’highlife, l’afrobeat, rouge de toute la série. C’est aussi l’occasion à Houston, avec cacahuètes rôties et sauce vie, où tout est si désespéré, où chaque jour est une question de le funk et la cumbia. Côté attitude, un de voir comment des chefs béninois, arachide : une recette sénégalaise en survie, je ne pense pas que vous puissiez vous empêcher d’être engagement qui ne perd jamais le sourire comme Valérie Vinakpon Gbaguidi, plein Texas. ■ Jean-Marie Chazeau impliqué. Les jeunes, noirs et blancs, le savent. » ■ Catherine Faye et le groove de mots swingués. En témoigne modernisent la cuisine traditionnelle LA PART DU LION : COMMENT « MemORIA : RéCITS D’UNE AUTRE HISTOIRE », cet Hymne à la vie à l’énergie contagieuse, et remettent au goût du jour des plats qui LA CUISINE AFRO-AMÉRICAINE Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA, Bordeaux (France), qui tombe pile au bon moment… ■ S.R. tendent à disparaître. La transmission A CHANGÉ LES ÉTATS-UNIS (États-Unis), jusqu’au 20 novembre. fracnouvelleaquitaine-meca.fr DR NETFLIX - DR est l’idée-force de ces rencontres avec de Roger Ross Williams. Sur Netflix. 8 AFRIQUE MAGAZINE I 417 – JUIN 2021 AFRIQUE MAGAZINE I 417 – JUIN 2021 9 ON EN PARLE POÉSIE LA boUNCE MUSIC de la en Louisiane. Entre « Boomerang » À L’ÉPREUVE DE LA VIE Nouvelle-Orléans, dont elle est et « Bussifame », la musique est native, la house, la techno, le percussive, synthétique, taillée Un recueil écrit au scalpel. R’n’B sudiste, le footwork… Celle pour le dancefloor occupé par le Pour dire l’Afrique, ses maux, qui jongle avec les styles a été personnage dans lequel se glisse mais aussi la vigueur remarquée en Europe dans Dirty l’artiste, King Creole. Quant de sa culture et de ses identités. Money, le groupe formé avec à son titre, il fait référence à la CE N’EST paS UN haSARD si Sean Combs (alias Puff Daddy). « deuxième ligne » de musiciens le poète et journaliste mauritanien Dawn Richard possède non et danseurs, qui, dans les parades Bios Diallo, grand défenseur de la seulement une voix qui balance en Louisiane, improvisent sur les culture et des mots, dédie son recueil à sa mère, Sané. sévèrement, mais aussi une plume rythmiques, et au sein de laquelle « Maman, le feu c’était sous ton regard vigilant / La hache d’autrice-compositrice avertie. tout le monde est bienvenu. ■ S.R. à éviter, la justesse de tes mains. » Comme si son chant Ce cinquième album solo peut et sa voix s’écrivaient au fil d’une vie, de l’enfance à l’âge en témoigner, explorant son adulte, de l’innocence à la connaissance, au sang et au patrimoine créole, comme on tourment.
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