Oumou Sangaré

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Born 12 February 1968.

Oumou Sangaré

Biography

Oumou Sangaré (born February 25, 1968 in Bamako, Mali) is a Grammy Award-winning 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. Sangaré's mother was the singer Aminata Diakité.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Seya 2009

    Review of Seya

    Reviewed by Jon Lusk

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

  2. Oumou 2003

    Reviewed by Jon Lusk

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

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