Imouwizla
"Migrants": the driving opener of Agadez, setting the nomads' struggle beside the desert crossing to Europe.
Etran de L'Aïr, from Agadez (2022)
- Written by
- Moussa "Abindi" Ibra
- Released
- 2022
- Length
- 4:26
- Album
- Agadez
The title means "Migrants". Abindi's song opens Agadez with a driving march that sets the hardships of nomadic life alongside the journeys of travellers crossing the desert toward Europe, a subject close to home in a city that has long been a crossroads of migration. It was not released as a single.
Live
The band were already playing it on their first European tour: a recording from De X in Leiden on 14 November 2021, broadcast by Concertzender months later, catches it before the album was out. It was part of their KEXP session in April 2025, between Ighre Massina and Amidinine. The upload in the hypersongs web is the album version.
On stage
- 2021-11-14, De X, Leiden Recorded by Concertzender and broadcast in February 2022
- 2025-04-07, KEXP, Seattle Studio session
More songs by Etran de L'Aïr
Sources
- Agadez, Bandcamp
- Etran de L'Aïr: Agadez, Music You Need To Hear (2022-02-28)
- Concertzender Live: Etran de L'Aïr, Concertzender
- Live on KEXP: Etran de L'Aïr, KEXP (2025-07-22)