Oumou Sangaré will release the new single Kamelemba from her forthcoming album Mogoya (meaning 'people today') on the 12th May 2017. On the song, Oumou sings to women about the dangers of falling in ...

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 ...

With the death of Miriam Makeba, Mali's Oumou Sangare stands unchallenged as Africa's most important female singer. Sangare was singing for money at age 5 and supporting her family at 13. Now, after a ...

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 ...

The Malian superstar pares down her 2017 album Mogoya – plus some early classics – in this intimate unplugged session Unplugged sessions have fallen from favour since their 1990s heyday, but here Mali ...

The deadpan London post-punk band and the gloriously danceable Malian musician offer a delicious contrast early in the festival There are many ways a festival curated by Grace Jones might have played ...

"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 ...

Today, Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré released her song and video "Djoukourou," the first single released from her new album Acoustic. The forthcoming full-length is a re-imagining of her much-praised ...

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 ...

After an eight-year recording hiatus, Malian superstar vocalist Oumou Sangaré returns to the international spotlight with a new record, on a new label, but with the same steadfast focus on African ...

Shout it from the rooftops: Oumou Sangaré is back! Eight years after her last studio album release, Mogoya signals the triumphant return of the queen. In some ways, it’s markedly different from her ...