Most Tuareg guitarists in Niger are from the epicenter of the Tuareg Ichumar and Guitar scene, based around the city of Agadez in northern Niger, singing in the Tamasheq dialect known as Tayert. Aroudeini is geographically isolated from the origin of the Nigerien Tuareg guitar scene growing up in the Northern Tillaberi Region, in the Tuareg stronghold of Bankilare, where the dialect is known as Tiwillamit. This dialect is also spoken by Malian Tuaregs to the North of the Tillaberi region and Tahoua in Niger. Now residing in Niamey, Niger’s capital, he is the head technician and programmer for Radio Fidelité.
Aroudeini’s family group, including his wife and two sons, perform original compositions that move a genre often linked to its rebel-based origins into a representation of life’s challenges and ambitions for a better world for Tuareg people. Recorded in Aroudeini’s living room, these three songs represent an anomaly when compared to the common young male Nigerien Tuareg guitarist. The band’s composition and the dialect of Tamasheq, among other features of his style, demonstrate the group’s unique place in the Tuareg guitar genre in Niger.