The village of Santo Estêvão, in the municipality of Tavira, is one of the four places in Portugal that will host the concert by Les Filles de Illighadad. The show by the group from Niger, led by Fatou Seidi Ghali, is scheduled for May 20, at 22 pm, at the Casa do Povo in Santo Estêvão.
Fatou Seidi Ghali, who is one of the two female guitarists in Niger, will perform with singer Alamnou Akrouni and also a performer from tends, a drum made from a clay box on which a goatskin is stretched.
In addition to St. Stephen, Les Filles de Illigadad they performed the day before at the Festival Islâmico de Mértola, at 23:45, after visiting the Casa da Música, in Porto, on the 18th, and the B Leza, in Lisbon, on the 17th.
This, which is the group's second European tour, is “a very special occasion for Les Fillles de Ilighadad, who until very recently barely knew the world outside their village, Illighadad, lost in the heart of the Niger desert».
In society Tuareg, where guitars are traditionally played by men, Fatou discovered an old acoustic guitar at home, left by her older brother, and learned to play it herself.
For Christopher Kirkley, owner of Sahel Sounds, the hybrid of tends and guitar created by Les Fillles de Illigadad it could even be the beginning of a new language: “they are exploring a new direction, adapting old songs tends to a guitar repertoire, which seems to me to be truly revolutionary for music Tuareg».
The editor considers that "they are on the verge of creating something new and truly exciting".
To learn more about the music of the Les Filles de Illigadad can listen here an EP, released to accompany the tour.
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