Africa’s premier jazz event, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, returns in 2025 with a bold, expanded vision, offering three full ...

But over the past three decades, Malian singer-songwriter Oumou Sangaré, who makes a rare Toronto appearance on Saturday, has meant so much more, especially to the women of Africa.

Oumou Sangaré plays at the Old Town School of ... Sangaré builds upon the traditional music of southwestern Mali, which centers a six-string harplike instrument called the kamele ngoni and ...

T.S. Eliot once said that poetry is “felt before it is understood,” and that is how I approach musicians like Oumou Sangaré, who hails from Mali in ... framework for Sangare’s birdsong ...

As Oumou told us last fall, she has constructed a hotel and bungalows for VIPs, so it's a Mali: Nick Gold On Ali Farka Toure's Posthumous Release, Voyageur - allAfrica.com AllAfrica ...

In anticipation of the forthcoming record World Circuit is debuting the new track "Cherie" featuring acclaimed Malian diva and longtime friend of Touré's Oumou Sangaré. Of the collaboration ...

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 ...

From Bamako, Mali to Baltimore, Maryland, renowned singer and women's rights activist Oumou Sangaré planned to visit the US for a few weeks, but ended up staying much longer due to pandemic lockdown.

Owned and run by Oumou Sangaré, the place takes its name from the region in southern Mali from where she originates, as well as its unique style of West African dance music based on the earthy ...