FROM CHAD

WHAT’S GOING ON: Anonyme (real name Magloire Tampele) hails from the working-class neighborhoods of Chad’s capital N’Djamena. He grew up listening to MC Solaar—Chad’s most famous musical export—as well as Congo Brazzavillean rappers Bisso Na Bisso, and other notable performers in the genre from the United States and African countries alike. Active on the Chadian rap scene since he was 18 and part of his first crew, “Istifack,” Anonyme released his first solo track in 2007, all the while receiving a medical education. And then, as the afro-urban scene was sweeping across the African nations in the 2010s, he truly came into his own with his debut album “Chronique des Terres Arides” (Chronicles of Arid Lands). It was inspired by his travels in neighboring countries, with local flavors interspersed with his original rhymes & beats. In 2017 Anonyme debuted his single “African Makers,” the inaugural release in his project of African empowerment through music. In 2019, the project resulted in the consecutive release of three albums, “Mukchacha,” “Farafina Victory” and “Comme un Seul Homme,” a sprawling debut that lets this maverick explore his performer’s potential, as well as pair up with every single of Chad’s most exciting musicians of the last decade, as well as some foreign invitees.