Oumou Sangaré / fot. Holi Whittaker
Oumou Sangaré / fot. Holi Whittaker
Jazz & World Music
Oumou Sangaré
16.10.2022
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Programme:

Timbuktu

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Performers:

Oumou Sangaré

Venue:
NFM, Main Hall
plac Wolności 1, 50-071 Wrocław
Pricelists:
from 20 to 110 zł

“Music is within me,” Oumou declares. “Without it, I’m nothing, and nothing can take it away from me! I’ve put my life into this record, my whole life – this life in which I’ve known hunger, the humiliation of poverty and fear, and from which today I draw glory.”

Since the release of her debut album Moussoulou in 1989, there’s been no respite for the Malian singer Oumou Sangare. Notable milestones on her rich and fruitful journey include some of the most definitive recordings in the history of contemporary African music, all released on the World Circuit label: Ko Sira in 1993, Worotan in 1996 and Seya in 2009, the latter nominated for a Grammy in the Best World Music Album category. Numerous international tours and performances on prestigious stages such as the Sydney Opera House, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan also feature on this roll of honour. 

Timbuktu, the first release on her own Oumsang label, is the latest episode in this unparalleled musical epic, one that World Circuit has become associated with once again. It consecrates this artist who rose up from the poor neighbourhoods of Bamako to become a global superstar and a universally admired feminist icon. Mirroring the powerful aura of Grace Jones, black transgressive icon par excellence, Oumou has long since broken through the barriers that separate continents and musical styles. She was once invited by Alicia Keys to sing a duet on TV, and today she gets held up as an inspiration by artists as influential as Aya Nakamura, who dedicated the song Oumou Sangaré to her in 2017, or Beyoncé, who sampled one of Oumou’s most famous creations, Diaraby Néné, for her song Mood 4 Eva, which was included in the soundtrack of the film The Lion King: The Gift in 2019. 

 

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