Oumou Sangaré – Moussolou (1991)

1 Djama Kaissoumou 		
2 Diaraby Nene 		
3 Woula Bara Diagna 		
4 Moussolou 		
5 Diya Gneba 		
6 Ah Ndiya

Personnel: 
Oumou Sangare (vocals); 
Boubacar Diallo (guitar); 
Aliou Traore (violin); 
Ahmadou Ba Guindo (bass); 
Brehima Diakite (bongos, kamelngoni); 
Oumou Sinayoro, Nabintou Diakite (background vocals).

Hailing from the Wassoulou forest region of Mali, singer Oumou Sangare helped modernize the acoustic-native mix of hunters' songs and sogoninkun dance music she grew up with. Finding her way to the city of Abidjan in 1989, Sangare cut a cassette that would eventually sell close to a quarter of a million copies; it became her debut disc, compliments of the World Circuit label. And while she would go on to cut albums with a mix of traditional and tastefully chosen Western elements, Moussoulou captures Sangare in all her sensual acoustic glory. Undulating atop a musical base featuring violin, the djembe goblet drum, a call-and-response choir, and the kamalengoni harp, Sangare daringly speaks out against such traditional practices as polygamy and arranged marriages. She fleshes out these modern views -- for Mali and many other African countries, at least -- with songs that both encourage her countrymen to recognize women as individuals and focus on a girl's struggle to reconcile old values with modern needs. A find for fans of West African folk-pop music.--- Stephen Cook, Rovi

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