Oumou Sangaré
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iNgoma was curated by Floyd Webb and Jonathan Woods and presented at the Chicago International film festival as part of it's focus on African film.
We started screening African music videos and promos as part of our monthly screenings in 2014. This was one of the works presented courtesy of World Circuit Records.
As we say at the end of the film, BUY THIS MUSIC!
Ko Sira
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 an historical region south of the Niger River, where the music descends from age old traditional and cultural songs, which is accompanied by a calabash. Sangaré's mother was the singer Aminata Diakité.
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