There is something eerie in Oumou Sangare’s sound: A religiosity, perhaps, in the single notes from the kamalengoni, a traditional Mali harp, a sense of constant movement in the circular rhythms, but ...

Since the release of her debut album Moussoulou in 1989, there’s been no respite for the Malian singer Oumou Sangare. Notable waymarks on her rich and fruitful journey include some of the most ...

Malian women are tough, even ballsy. Ballsy and very feminine at the same time. It's a balancing act that few western divas I know of can pull off without looking as if they've used a life-coach and a ...

For Mogoya, her first album in eight years, Oumou Sangaré enlisted young Swedish and French producers to help rejuvenate her sound. One of Mali's most celebrated singers, Oumou Sangaré began her ...

Oumou Sangare's new album Seya is the artists first album in six years. Oumou Sangare began singing at weddings and on the streets more than 25 years ago in Mali's musical metropolis, Bamako. Now, ...

Malian musician Oumou Sangare’s amazing voice and songs that directly address the plight of women in a highly conservative society have made her a superstar in her native country, and the eight new ...

"Iyo Djeli" is a praise song to Djekani Djeli, "an old and wise griot woman of the 1960s." Griots are hereditary praise singers and instrumentalists, and a genre of musician from which many Wassoulou ...