Tal National is a band from Niamey, the capital city of Niger, West Africa’s largest nation (and one of the world’s poorest).
Although they are hugely popular in their homeland, where their music is heavily featured on Niger national TV, they can still be found selling their CDs on roundabouts in Niamey due to the lack of a distribution system in the country. Each year they do national tours, travelling 18,000 km throughout Niger and performing shows in over forty cities.