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 Re: Fela Kuti....I love You (Re: محى الدين ابكر سليمان)
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محى الدين ابكر سليمان Dear
Thanks for this interesting post. I wonder if you would bring some links to the songs of the Malian feminist, and women's rights advocate Oumou Sangare. I have worked with others to bring her 8 years ago to come to my university of North Carolina at Asheville for a concert and a workshop on " The Challenges which face African Momen in Mali, and the Sahel" She was impressive, and left profound influence of my young female students at that time.
Regards
Mali's Oumou Sangare Celebrates CD Reissue With U.S. Tour
Feminist Wassoulou singer returns to America; 1993's Ko Sira back in stores.
by Chris Nickson
Oumou Sangare's debut album, Moussoulou, sold 200,000 copies in Africa. (Christien Jaspars)
Throughout her career, Malian diva Oumou Sangare has been a woman with a mission.
Sangare, whose 1993 album Ko Sira was reissued recently by World Circuit/Nonesuch, and who is touring the United States, has long been an outspoken
advocate of African women's rights.
"She's assertive and speaks about important issues that concern Mali but also resonate in America," said Jon Kertzer, longtime host of "The Best Ambience" on Seattle's KCMU-FM. "She sings about the place of women in Islamic society, and how men treat women."
Sangare, 32, has been singing in public since she was 6. She rose through the ranks of the National Ensemble of Mali and Djoliba, a percussion troupe, before striking out on her own. Her 1989 album Moussolou (Women), released here last year, sold more than 200,000 copies in Africa and included her most popular song, "Diaraby Nene" (Love Fever) (RealAudio excerpt).
Several of the songs she wrote and sang spoke out against the widespread practice of polygamy.
"I suffered a lot as the child of a polygamous marriage," Sangare recalled. "My mother suffered, too, and we saw a lot that really isn't what people would think of as normal. That's why I've been drawn to defend all women in this situation."
In songs such as "Dugu Kamelemba" (The Womanizer) (RealAudio excerpt), Sangare pulls no verbal punches against those who take more than one wife. "But," she added, "things are improving in Mali."
While she is best known for her feminist material, Sangare is also capable of penning a love song, such as the lilting "Nawo Nawo" (I Will Go With You) (RealAudio excerpt). Passion and romance are definitely part of her artistic personality.
Sangare resides in Bamako, Mali's capital. But her musical roots lie in the country's southern Wassoulou region, where she was raised. Its music signature includes percussion and the light, funky sound of the kamelengoni (young man's harp), as heard on "Kayini Wura" (Evening Greeting). Having introduced the regional Wassoulou style to the country at large, she remains its leading star.
Over the course of a decade and three albums, Sangare has established herself as Mali's best-known female voice, its singing queen. "Her whole package is appealing," observed Kertzer, "her voice, message and presence. She has confidence and a regal bearing."
Sangare is touring the United States with countryman Habib Koité. She recently finished recording a new album, which will appear early in 2001.
"Some international artists were involved, but it's still traditionally based," she noted. "Wassoulou is still my sound, and I'll be the only featured vocalist."
Sangare also produced the album, unusual for a female musician. But she has been leading a band for more than a decade. She admitted, however, that "it's not easy for a woman to direct a band of men, especially African men. I've encountered a lot of difficulty. But my love of music has given me the strength to accomplish my mission."
Sangare's mission has made a difference. Other female Mali singers such as Nahawa Doumbia and the young Rokia Traore have followed in her outspoken footsteps, speaking out for women in their country and across the continent.
While it was gratifying "to have other women follow my lead," Sangare said, it was even more satisfying "to see women in Africa have growing confidence and self-esteem, and are no longer afraid of the power of African men. Now when a woman has talent and something to do, she can move forward."
(عدل بواسطة Elmoiz Abunura on 01-15-2007, 02:39 AM)
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