Before European-derived concepts of career management became widespread among African recording artists, following the emergence of the world music movement in the late 1980s and 1990s, a musician's ...

Oumou Sangare is that rare traditional musician capable of transforming into a modern artist without sacrificing an ounce of authenticity. Seya is her first album of new songs in more than five years, ...

MALI is a powerhouse of West African music, having produced Salif Keita, Amadou and Mariam and Toumani Diabaté, among others. Whatever it is about the country that leads to such musicality, Oumou ...