Oumou Sangaré - collection (1991-2018)

Title: Discography
Year Of Release: 1990-2018
Label: World Circuit, Not On Label, Mali K7 SA, Nonesuch
Genre: Folk, World, African, Funk, Soul
Quality: FLAC lossless
Total Time: 9:50:12
Total Size: 3.65 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

Biography
Oumou Sangare is an internationally renowned award-winning singer, composer, business pioneer, and activist who champions women's rights in her native Mali and throughout Africa. Sangare's style is wassalou, a popular musical genre derived from folk traditions in the rural southwestern part of the country; that style has brought her international stardom.

Sangare was born in Bamako, the music and arts capital of Mali. Her earliest and most profound musical influence was her mother, Aminata Diakité, a migrant from the rural region, south of the Niger River. She was a sogoninkun, a professional singer most often hired for weddings and other ceremonial occasions. Sangare accompanied her mother often and by age ten was signing with her to help feed her family -- her father had abandoned them. Sangare began to sing on her own professionally at 13, and by the time she was 16, she was asked to join the Malian traditional group Djoliba Percussions as its lead vocalist. She toured Europe with the band and upon returning to Bamako, began writing and developing her own take on wassalou music with assistance from the migrant community.

Moussolou In 1989, she took what she knew and traveled to Abidjan and encountered producer/promoter Ibrahima Sylla at his now legendary JBZ studio. He was impressed by the young artist and released her debut offering, a cassette titled Djama Kaissoumou, produced by Amadou Ba Guindo, leader of the National Badéma Du Mali. Its single, "Diaraby Nene," became a major domestic hit and spurred on sales of over a quarter million copies. It was picked up by Nick Gold's World Circuit label (through the intervention of Ali Farka Toure) and reissued as Moussolou ("Women") in 1990; it exploded all over Europe and Asia as well as on the continent of Africa.
Ko Sira Despite her sudden stardom, Sangare kept close to her Bamako roots. She issued the album Bi Furu independently a year later before returning to World Circuit for its major international release of Ko Sira in 1993. While remaining firmly in the wassalou style, the album was even more militant as its songs addressed feminist themes in lobbying against polygamy and enforced marriages that were widespread among West African women. In 1995, she did an international tour with Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti, and Boukman Eksperyans. She also gave birth to a son. Her next offering, Denw, in 1996, was issued by her homeland's Mali K7 SA on cassette. Sangare's breakthrough to U.S. audiences was 1997's Worotan; it received wide American distribution due to World Circuit's distribution deal with Nonesuch and WEA. Sangare toured the world's stages as a headliner, but the separation from her child, who was too young to travel, proved difficult. She essentially stepped away from music at her peak, but Sangare had invested her money well. She began running a hotel (Hotel Wassoulou in Bamako, which featured her own performing space), a farm, and other businesses. She provided for her family, and gave much-needed jobs to Malians. Even so, her profits went back into activism. In 1998 she received the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters award in France. While major compilations appeared -- notably World Circuit's two-disc Oumou in 2004, she performed at festivals only occasionally. Sangare was never far from music, but it did take a back seat to her many other activities -- including launching her own car, the "Oum Sang", manufactured in China, for her company Gonow Oum Sang.
Seya In 2006, Sangare re-emerged after a decade's absence from recording with Seya. It reached number six on the World Albums Charts in the U.S. and number one in several African and European countries. She undertook a select international tour that took her to several European and African nations. Kounadia was issued in 2012 but offered little in terms of fresh material. Her performances continued to sell-out virtually everywhere she performed. In 2016, Sangare inked a deal with the French indie label Nø Format and went back into the studio. She worked in Paris and Stockholm with French trio A.l.b.e.r.t. as her basic backing band and producers, and a slew of guest performers on African folk instruments. The set's first single, "Yere Faga," featuring Afrobeat drumming legend Tony Allen, was issued internationally in February of 2017, followed by the full-length Mogoya in May.

Albums
1990 Oumou Sangare - Oumou 16-44.1 FLAC
1991 Oumou Sangare - Moussolou 16-44.1 FLAC
1993 Oumou Sangare - Ko Sira 16-44.1 FLAC
1996 Oumou Sangare - Worotan 16-44.1 FLAC
2001 Oumou Sangare - Laban 16-44.1 FLAC
2009 Oumou Sangare - Seya 16-44.1 FLAC
2011 Oumou Sangare - La diva africaine en tournée européenne (100% Live) 16-44.1 FLAC
2011 Oumou Sangare - Moussowla Diala 16-44.1 FLAC
2012 Oumou Sangare - La paix (La paix au Mali et en Afrique) 16-44.1 FLAC
2017 Oumou Sangare - Mogoya 16-44.1 FLAC
2017 Oumou Sangare - Yere Faga (Remixes) 16-44.1 FLAC
2018 Oumou Sangare - Mogoya Remixed 16-44.1 FLAC

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