Amadjar.
On November 24, 2020, Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy got his second Grammy nomination in the Best Global Music category. This award comes from his latest album, Twice As Tall.
Earlier in 2020,
lost the category to
Celia Cruz s music on the eponymous,
Celia. Some of those moments inspired Burna Boy s Twice As Tall.
Burna Boy spoke about some of that on the opening track to Twice As Tall.
A few weeks ago, the Recording Academy announced the category formerly known as Best World Music Album would become Best Global Music Album. Burna Boy lost to Kidjo when the category was known as Best World Music Album.
Genre: Alternative
Previous Nomination: 3, 1 win
Tinariwen is a Tuareg group from Mali; they were formed in 1979. In 2011, they won in this category with their album,
Tassili.
Amadjar is Tuareg for ‘The foreign or unknown traveller.’ The album was inspired by the group’s inability to return home due to sectarian violence and islamic militancy after their 2018 tour. The group’s founder,
Ibrahim Al Lamida, saw his father executed in 1963 while
Abdallah Al Lamida was kidnapped in 2013.
All Music reports that, “
The group instead decamped in Morocco and embarked on a multi-month journey through Western Sahara and Mauritania, collaborating with local musicians at several stops along the way and writing songs while camped out in the desert.”