Question

This musician was profiled in the movie Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Tuareg (“TWAH-reg”) guitarist and desert blues musician from Niger (“nee-ZHAIR”). His albums include Ilana: The Creator, Afrique Victime, and 2024’s Funeral for Justice.
ANSWER: Mdou Moctar [or Mahamadou Souleymane; or M.dou Mouktar]
[10e] Moctar has been nicknamed the “[this artist] of the Sahara.” This guitarist, the model for many desert blues musicians, wrote “Purple Haze” and headlined Woodstock in 1969.
ANSWER: Jimi Hendrix [or James Marshall Hendrix; or Johnny Allen Hendrix]
[10h] Moctar received more international attention when his songs were included on a 2011 compilation partly titled for “Saharan” examples of these objects. A live 2002 performance of “I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You” by Wynton Marsalis included a solo inspired by one of these objects.
ANSWER: cell phone [accept mobile phone; accept Music from Saharan Cellphones]
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