Nahawa Doumbia was born in the small town of Mafélé, in the Sikasso region (next to the Ivory Coast’s border). Her grandmother had to raise the newborn because Nahawa’s mother died shortly after giving birth. Nahawa Doumbia’s grandmother lived in Manankoro, near Bougouni, the most important city in the Wassoulou region (south of Bamako, Mali’s capital). The Wassoulou region is well known for generating some of the best singers in Mali
Nahawa Doumbia is one of the most popular singers from the Wassoulou region in South Mali. She speaks to the younger generation of West Africa through her lyrics about love, the position of women in Malian society, and the plight of the African refugees in France. Her voice soars over traditional instruments (bala, kamele ngoni, and jembe) along with bass and acoustic guitar back up, her husband, guitarist Ngou Bagayoko. ***
Nahawa Doumbia is one of the leading singers of Wassoulou music, as the pentatonic sound of southern Mali is known. A haven of strong women vocalists, Doumbia's Yaala album and her collaboration with French DJ Frederic Galliano pushed her firmly into the public eye. 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 won the contest, singing "Tinye De La Laban," which brought government support for her singing, allowing her to develop her style, based on the traditional didadi rhythm of her native region. Even so, it wasn't until 1988 that she issued her first album, Didadi (1989 U.S. release). It's very Western gloss was at odds with the rootsiness of her voice. Two years later, she brought things more back to the ground, collaborating with a host of African talent, such as guitarist Rigo Starr and members of Salif Keita's band. Mangoni, in 1993, followed a similar plot line. Her voice had developed, but she hadn't really found her individuality yet. That started to flower with Yaknaw in 1997, which unleashed a true Wassoulou sound, similar to that of Oumou Sangare, who'd already gone on to international success. Like Sangare, Doumbia is a feminist, her lyrics powerfully against polygamy, for the rights of women and children, and they received an airing on 1999's Bougouni. The finest flower, however, came with Yaala. Working with her band, who played largely traditional instruments, plus French producer/guitarist Claude Barthélémy, she forged a truly incisive sound, that captured her voice at the height of its power. It came at the same time as she was featured on Frederic Galliano's Frikyawa Collection 1, taking tracks from the French label Cobalt, and remixing them to dancefloor effect. Doumbia also played U.S. dates with Galliano augmenting her band on turntables and effects, for a real marriage of the ancient and modern that brought as much press and praise as Yaala. Biography by Chris Nickson http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nahawa-doumbia-mn0000377558/biography
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Nahawa Doumbia was born in the Malian village of Mafele, located on the border with Ivory Coast. Her mother, who died a few days after her birth, had predicted that she would become a singer, even though she did not belong to the griot caste. Discovered by employees of the Ministry of Culture while she was singing with a group of her friends, Doumbia participated in the "Youth Weeks", first on the local level and then nationally. In 1980 she took part in the "Youth Biennale" in Bamako and shared the prize with Tinye De Be Laban. She then entered the Radio France Internationale "Discovery" competition, which she won in 1981. With Yankaw, an album dedicated to all those with immigration problems, the queen of didadi (a rhythm from her native region of Mali) has opted for a return to the tradition of wassoulou, the musical style drawing on the hunter''s traditions and characterized by the use of the kamelen'goni (youth's harp) and a more acoustic, earthy sound. In 2004 the elegant singer joined forces with two outstanding French artists in two separate projects that allowed her to reach new audiences. Doumbia first worked with blind keyboardist Jean-Philippe Rykiel for her recording “Diby”. She was then invited to be part of the ambitious yet successful project around the voice by French-Iranian percussionist Keyvan Chemirani. It was called “Le Rythme de la Parole” and allied the Malian’s voice with those of Ali Reza Ghorbani and Sudha Ragunathan. http://www.mondomix.com/en/e/nahawa_doumbia
Малийская певица Нахава Думбия считается одной из ведущих исполнительницей в стиле вассулу. Она родилась в местности Мафеле, недалеко от границы с Кот-д'Ивуаром. Ее воспитанием занималась бабушка, так как мать Нахавы умерла вскоре после родов, успев однако предсказать певческое будущее для своей дочери. Материнские инстинкты ее не подвели, хотя их семейство и не принадлежало к касте гриотов, наследственных певцов и сказителей. В глазах общественности популярность Нахавы Думбии связывается с именем французского ди-джеея и продюсера Фредерика Галльяно, который разместил несколько композиций африканской дивы на сборниках, выпущенных на его собственном лейбле Frikyawa. Ремиксы на песни Нахавы Думбии всколыхнули европейские танцполы и привлекли внимание к ее оригинальному творчеству.
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