Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Malian diva Oumou Sangaré is set for a run of upcoming shows in select North ...

Oumou Sangaré plays at the Old Town School of Folk Music. Credit: Courtesy the artist It’s been nearly 15 years since beloved Malian diva Omou Sangaré performed in Chicago, and her return is cause for ...

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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Today, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré released her song and video "Djoukourou," ...

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, ...

As a small child, Oumou Sangaré sang on the streets in Mali to raise money for her mom and siblings. Now she can’t walk down the streets of Bamako without drawing a crowd of people who want to talk ...

Oumou Sangaré found herself caught in New York City, far away from her native Mali, when Covid-19 brought the world to a standstill. But that hasn’t stopped the Grammy Award-winning singer from giving ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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