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Oumou Sangare

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Biography

Oumou Sangare (born February 25, 1968, in Bamako, Mali) is a Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou." Wassoulou is a historic region south of the Niger River, and the music there is descended from traditional hunting songs, and is accompanied by a calabash. Her mother was the singer Aminata Diakité.

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  1. Seya 2009

    Seya

    Reviewed by Jon Lusk

    It's been too long since any album proper from the ‘songbird of Wassoulou’.

  2. Oumou 2003

    Oumou (disc 1)

    Reviewed by Jon Lusk

    'the sequencing of the material has obviously been very carefully thought through,...

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Since December 2008

  1. BBC 6 Music 100%

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