When I was very young I didn't have access to Western music. In 2016, I was first introduced to Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix : Mdou Moctar is one of Africa's premier guitar heroes – and he's using his Stratocaster to spark a revolution

As the Niger guitarist releases a bristling new collection of protest songs, he explains how injustice puts the fire in his fingers, what keeps him loyal to the Strat, and why everybody in his hometow

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