Nahawa Doumbia
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Nahawa Doumbia is a singer from Mali's Wassoulou region. She was born in 1961. Many of Nahawa's Songs became very popular and trendy on social media in line with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.
Career
Born in Mafélé, near the border with the Ivory Coast, Doumbia was raised by her grandmother, her mother having died shortly having given birth to her. But before she died, she predicted her daughter would be a singer -- something surprising, since she didn't come from the jeli caste, the hereditary singers.
It was something her grandparents tried to fight, but it seemed as if the prediction was correct. Doumbia would sing with her friends, and was eventually discovered in 1980 by civil servants from the country's Ministry of Culture, and persuaded to sing in the National Youth Week, organized by the Ministry to discover new talent.
Doumbia, in a career that lasted for over four decades, was an important musician in the development and definition of Wassoulou music, the popular music from her area of Southern Mali which in turn had a great influence on Mali's musical culture. Doumbia was born into a caste of blacksmiths and so wouldn't have been allowed to sing, but broke that taboo.
Her career got started after she won a contest on the French-language radio station Radio France Internationale. Scholar Lucy O'Brien mentioned her as one of the women who created a music that gave voice to female expression, and praised her "high-tech poetry and metaphor" in a study of women in popular music. Her debut album, La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1, was recorded with N'Gou Bagayoko, who played acoustic guitar and who later became her husband.
After her first recording, as a duo, she moved toward playing with larger groups that incorporated synthesizers and electric guitar. La Grande Cantatrice was released on AS Records, a record label from Côte d'Ivoire. It was rereleased in 2019 by Awesome Tapes From Africa. In 2021, Awesome Tapes released a new album, Kanawa ("Don't Go"). The album contains material about Mali's problems--"terrorist attacks by the West African offshoot of ISIS, continued French military intervention, widespread strikes and protests and a coup d'etat". The title track urges the young people of Mali to stay in the country, lest they fall victim to human trafficking. The album was recorded in Bamako, in Salif Keita's studio.
Instrumentation included the traditional ngoni and a modern version thereof, and the kamale ngoni, besides guitar. According to reviewer Eugene Ulman, "The arrangements, building from mostly acoustic to bass-heavy grooves, are sparse and deliberate: every detail, down to the smallest karignan (metal scraper) and the gunshot samples (incorporated into the percussion palette) are placed with meticulous care." She wrote a song in honor of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary who became the President of Burkina Faso.
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Nahawa Doumbia
• Korodia
• Didadi
• Djine
• Kungo Sogoni
• Kabako
• N'teri
• Lelale
• Deni
• Banani
• Malaila
Nahawa Doumbia's Songs are included in Boomplay music playlists. Search, stream, and download Nahawa Doumbia's Songs, the latest singles and albums in MP3 only on the Boomplay platform for free....more
Country/Region : Mali
Career
Born in Mafélé, near the border with the Ivory Coast, Doumbia was raised by her grandmother, her mother having died shortly having given birth to her. But before she died, she predicted her daughter would be a singer -- something surprising, since she didn't come from the jeli caste, the hereditary singers.
It was something her grandparents tried to fight, but it seemed as if the prediction was correct. Doumbia would sing with her friends, and was eventually discovered in 1980 by civil servants from the country's Ministry of Culture, and persuaded to sing in the National Youth Week, organized by the Ministry to discover new talent.
Doumbia, in a career that lasted for over four decades, was an important musician in the development and definition of Wassoulou music, the popular music from her area of Southern Mali which in turn had a great influence on Mali's musical culture. Doumbia was born into a caste of blacksmiths and so wouldn't have been allowed to sing, but broke that taboo.
Her career got started after she won a contest on the French-language radio station Radio France Internationale. Scholar Lucy O'Brien mentioned her as one of the women who created a music that gave voice to female expression, and praised her "high-tech poetry and metaphor" in a study of women in popular music. Her debut album, La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1, was recorded with N'Gou Bagayoko, who played acoustic guitar and who later became her husband.
After her first recording, as a duo, she moved toward playing with larger groups that incorporated synthesizers and electric guitar. La Grande Cantatrice was released on AS Records, a record label from Côte d'Ivoire. It was rereleased in 2019 by Awesome Tapes From Africa. In 2021, Awesome Tapes released a new album, Kanawa ("Don't Go"). The album contains material about Mali's problems--"terrorist attacks by the West African offshoot of ISIS, continued French military intervention, widespread strikes and protests and a coup d'etat". The title track urges the young people of Mali to stay in the country, lest they fall victim to human trafficking. The album was recorded in Bamako, in Salif Keita's studio.
Instrumentation included the traditional ngoni and a modern version thereof, and the kamale ngoni, besides guitar. According to reviewer Eugene Ulman, "The arrangements, building from mostly acoustic to bass-heavy grooves, are sparse and deliberate: every detail, down to the smallest karignan (metal scraper) and the gunshot samples (incorporated into the percussion palette) are placed with meticulous care." She wrote a song in honor of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary who became the President of Burkina Faso.
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Nahawa Doumbia
• Korodia
• Didadi
• Djine
• Kungo Sogoni
• Kabako
• N'teri
• Lelale
• Deni
• Banani
• Malaila
Nahawa Doumbia's Songs are included in Boomplay music playlists. Search, stream, and download Nahawa Doumbia's Songs, the latest singles and albums in MP3 only on the Boomplay platform for free....more
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Nahawa Doumbia Biography
Nahawa Doumbia is a singer from Mali's Wassoulou region. She was born in 1961. Many of Nahawa's Songs became very popular and trendy on social media in line with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.
Career
Born in Mafélé, near the border with the Ivory Coast, Doumbia was raised by her grandmother, her mother having died shortly having given birth to her. But before she died, she predicted her daughter would be a singer -- something surprising, since she didn't come from the jeli caste, the hereditary singers.
It was something her grandparents tried to fight, but it seemed as if the prediction was correct. Doumbia would sing with her friends, and was eventually discovered in 1980 by civil servants from the country's Ministry of Culture, and persuaded to sing in the National Youth Week, organized by the Ministry to discover new talent.
Doumbia, in a career that lasted for over four decades, was an important musician in the development and definition of Wassoulou music, the popular music from her area of Southern Mali which in turn had a great influence on Mali's musical culture. Doumbia was born into a caste of blacksmiths and so wouldn't have been allowed to sing, but broke that taboo.
Her career got started after she won a contest on the French-language radio station Radio France Internationale. Scholar Lucy O'Brien mentioned her as one of the women who created a music that gave voice to female expression, and praised her "high-tech poetry and metaphor" in a study of women in popular music. Her debut album, La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1, was recorded with N'Gou Bagayoko, who played acoustic guitar and who later became her husband.
After her first recording, as a duo, she moved toward playing with larger groups that incorporated synthesizers and electric guitar. La Grande Cantatrice was released on AS Records, a record label from Côte d'Ivoire. It was rereleased in 2019 by Awesome Tapes From Africa. In 2021, Awesome Tapes released a new album, Kanawa ("Don't Go"). The album contains material about Mali's problems--"terrorist attacks by the West African offshoot of ISIS, continued French military intervention, widespread strikes and protests and a coup d'etat". The title track urges the young people of Mali to stay in the country, lest they fall victim to human trafficking. The album was recorded in Bamako, in Salif Keita's studio.
Instrumentation included the traditional ngoni and a modern version thereof, and the kamale ngoni, besides guitar. According to reviewer Eugene Ulman, "The arrangements, building from mostly acoustic to bass-heavy grooves, are sparse and deliberate: every detail, down to the smallest karignan (metal scraper) and the gunshot samples (incorporated into the percussion palette) are placed with meticulous care." She wrote a song in honor of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary who became the President of Burkina Faso.
Follow Boomplay and keep up to date with the latest songs of Nahawa Doumbia and information.
Nahawa Doumbia
• Korodia
• Didadi
• Djine
• Kungo Sogoni
• Kabako
• N'teri
• Lelale
• Deni
• Banani
• Malaila
Nahawa Doumbia's Songs are included in Boomplay music playlists. Search, stream, and download Nahawa Doumbia's Songs, the latest singles and albums in MP3 only on the Boomplay platform for free.
Career
Born in Mafélé, near the border with the Ivory Coast, Doumbia was raised by her grandmother, her mother having died shortly having given birth to her. But before she died, she predicted her daughter would be a singer -- something surprising, since she didn't come from the jeli caste, the hereditary singers.
It was something her grandparents tried to fight, but it seemed as if the prediction was correct. Doumbia would sing with her friends, and was eventually discovered in 1980 by civil servants from the country's Ministry of Culture, and persuaded to sing in the National Youth Week, organized by the Ministry to discover new talent.
Doumbia, in a career that lasted for over four decades, was an important musician in the development and definition of Wassoulou music, the popular music from her area of Southern Mali which in turn had a great influence on Mali's musical culture. Doumbia was born into a caste of blacksmiths and so wouldn't have been allowed to sing, but broke that taboo.
Her career got started after she won a contest on the French-language radio station Radio France Internationale. Scholar Lucy O'Brien mentioned her as one of the women who created a music that gave voice to female expression, and praised her "high-tech poetry and metaphor" in a study of women in popular music. Her debut album, La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1, was recorded with N'Gou Bagayoko, who played acoustic guitar and who later became her husband.
After her first recording, as a duo, she moved toward playing with larger groups that incorporated synthesizers and electric guitar. La Grande Cantatrice was released on AS Records, a record label from Côte d'Ivoire. It was rereleased in 2019 by Awesome Tapes From Africa. In 2021, Awesome Tapes released a new album, Kanawa ("Don't Go"). The album contains material about Mali's problems--"terrorist attacks by the West African offshoot of ISIS, continued French military intervention, widespread strikes and protests and a coup d'etat". The title track urges the young people of Mali to stay in the country, lest they fall victim to human trafficking. The album was recorded in Bamako, in Salif Keita's studio.
Instrumentation included the traditional ngoni and a modern version thereof, and the kamale ngoni, besides guitar. According to reviewer Eugene Ulman, "The arrangements, building from mostly acoustic to bass-heavy grooves, are sparse and deliberate: every detail, down to the smallest karignan (metal scraper) and the gunshot samples (incorporated into the percussion palette) are placed with meticulous care." She wrote a song in honor of Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary who became the President of Burkina Faso.
Follow Boomplay and keep up to date with the latest songs of Nahawa Doumbia and information.
Nahawa Doumbia
• Korodia
• Didadi
• Djine
• Kungo Sogoni
• Kabako
• N'teri
• Lelale
• Deni
• Banani
• Malaila
Nahawa Doumbia's Songs are included in Boomplay music playlists. Search, stream, and download Nahawa Doumbia's Songs, the latest singles and albums in MP3 only on the Boomplay platform for free.
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