His name means ‘the madman’ in Arabic, a name he chose because madness is his space of freedom, where he can find his music. Majnun grew up in Senegal surrounded by music, theatre and literature and comes to WOMADelaide with Hewa Rwanda: letter to the absent. Musically, his first steps were in hip-hop then reggae, but the guitar was the real starting point for him to become a multi-instrumentalist. Today, Afro-beat, jazz, funk, trance and even Latin music make up his musical fresco, an eclectic mix consistent with his nomadic roots. With a wealth of stage experience, Majnun released his first album in 2015. After 19 years in France, in 2019 he toured West Africa, and thus came a return to his roots that culminated in recording his live album Mandingo’s Fight with Senegalese label Woti.