Two of West Africa’s most storied acts put out terrific albums this spring: Senegal’s Orchestra Baobab dropped Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng (World Circuit), its first new recording in nearly a decade, ...

As a small child, Oumou Sangaré sang on the streets in Mali to raise money for her mom and siblings. Now she can’t walk down the streets of Bamako without drawing a crowd of people who want to talk ...

Grammy award-winning singer Oumou Sangaré has been putting her stamp on Malian music for almost the last three decades. Eight years after her last release, Sangaré made her return earlier this year ...

Grammy-winning Malian singer Oumou Sangaré has captured the attention of Nigerian social media users after her 1996 hit song, Kun Fe Ko, resurfaced online and sparked a viral trend across TikTok and ...