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Bombino (Goumar Almoctar) was born on 1980 in Tidene, Niger, is a Nigerien guitarist, composer and singer-songwriter. Discover Bombino's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 44 years old?

Popular As Goumar Almoctar
Occupation Musician, singer
Age 44 years old
Zodiac Sign N/A
Born 1980
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Birthplace Tidene, Niger
Nationality Niger

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1980

Omara "Bombino" Moctar (in Tifinagh ⴱⵓⵎⴱⵉⵏⵓ; born 1980) is a Tuareg singer-songwriter and guitarist from Niger.

His music is sung in Tamasheq and often addresses Tuareg geopolitical concerns.

Bombino is the subject of the documentary film Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion.

Bombino was born in 1980 in Tidene, Niger, a Tuareg encampment about 80 kilometers northeast of Agadez.

He is a member of the Ifoghas tribe, which belongs to the Kel Air Tuareg federation.

1990

Following the outbreak of the Tuareg Rebellion in 1990, Bombino, along with his father and grandmother, was forced to flee to neighboring Algeria for safety.

During this time, visiting relatives left behind a guitar, and Bombino began to teach himself how to play.

He later studied with renowned Tuareg guitarist, Haja Bebe.

Bebe asked him to join his band where he gained the nickname "Bombino", which is derived from the Italian word "Bambino", meaning 'little child'.

While living in Algeria and Libya in his teen years, Bombino and his friends watched videos of Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler and others to learn their styles.

He worked as both a musician and a herder in the desert near Tripoli.

1997

By 1997, Bombino had returned to Agadez and began life as a professional musician.

2007

Filmmaker Hisham Mayet managed to track down and record Bombino and his electric band Group Bombino in 2007 during a wedding performance.

Later in 2007, tensions grew again in Niger and ultimately erupted into another Tuareg Rebellion.

The government, hoping to thwart the rebellion in all its forms, banned guitars for the Tuareg, as the instrument was seen as a symbol of rebellion.

Bombino remarked in an interview, "I do not see my guitar as a gun but rather as a hammer with which to help build the house of the Tuareg people."

Additionally, two of Bombino's fellow musicians were executed, thus forcing him into exile in neighbor Burkina Faso.

Bombino then joined Tidawt, a band by Nigerien musician Hasso Akotey, which led to his first time in North America as the band was brought to perform in an exhibit of Tuareg art organized by the Cantor Center for Visual Arts.

While there, Tidawt was invited by saxophonist Tim Ries to perform in his new album of The Rolling Stones versions, Stone's World: The Rolling Stones Project Volume 2, where they played in a cover of "Hey Negrita", which also featured band members Keith Richards and Charlie Watts.

Bombino later said he had never heard of The Rolling Stones, given that white rock musicians do not have a strong following in Africa.

2009

That recording takes up one side of the original vinyl release of Group Bombino – Guitars from Agadez, vol. 2, released in 2009 by Sublime Frequencies.

The A-side contains acoustic performances, in the 'dry guitar' style.

2010

In January 2010, Bombino was able to return to his home in Agadez.

To celebrate the end of the conflict, a large concert was organized at the base of the Grand Mosque in Agadez, having received the blessing of the Sultan.

Bombino and his band played to over a thousand people at the concert, all dancing and celebrating the end of their struggle.

The footage was also recorded for a documentary, Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion.

While Bombino lived in exile in Burkina Faso, filmmaker Ron Wyman, having heard cassette recordings of his music, decided to track him down.

Wyman encouraged Bombino to properly record his music.

Bombino agreed, and the two of them, with the help of Chris Decato, produced an album together in Agadez.

2011

The recordings culminated in his album Agadez, released in April 2011.

Agadez debuted at the top of the iTunes World Chart.

The success of Agadez attracted many musical stars to Bombino including Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.

2012

In June 2012, Auerbach began producing Bombino's second international solo album titled Nomad.

2013

Nomad was released by Nonesuch Records on April 2, 2013 and debuted at number one on the iTunes World Chart and Billboard World Chart.

In the meantime, war broke out again in Mali, and a few months after that Bombino and Tinariwen played a show in Paris, where they confirmed the idea of their music as essentially rebellious.

Bombino began a concert tour of the United States in May 2013.

The tour includes appearances at major music festivals, including Bonnaroo and The Newport Folk Festival.

In 2013, Bombino was also invited to open for Robert Plant, Amadou & Mariam and Gogol Bordello.

2016

On April 1, 2016, Bombino released Azel.

It was produced by David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors Pitchfork's Andy Beta notes that the record "features a sublime iteration of desert blues that's both authentic and ambitious."