Soubour

It first appeared on Africa Express Presents: Maison des Jeunes in December 2013 (a Record of the Day page is dated November 27), produced by Nick Zinner, and came from the first session after Zinner met the band, with the band bringing ideas and arrangements. The Line of Best Fit says Zinner co-wrote it; formal credits are not verified. The word means patience: Aliou Touré told The Quietus that it is about patience, from a proverb, do what you need to do and desire will come by itself, and Garba said it asks refugees to be patient, because without patience nothing is possible. The band dedicated it to people in northern Mali. Sources disagree on whether the language is Songhai or Bambara.

Setlist.fm shows 25 plays, second after "Al Hassidi Terei" at 27. A Best Fit Session of it was filmed on the Ile aux Cygnes in Paris on August 19, 2015, and a video of Zinner and the band went viral, per Mail and Guardian. Minute of Listening includes it in its Black Musical Histories series. We found no chart history, covers or samples.