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The Songbird of Wassoulou: Oumou Sangaré is always moving

April 18, 2024 by: Steve Hochman

Oumou Sangaré of Mali: Friday, April 26, Congo Square State, 4:10p

Quint Davis and his team basically built the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival from the ground up decades ago. But they didn’t build it from the ground up the way Malian singer and cultural activist Oumou Sangaré built the Festival International du Wassulu for its inaugural editio...

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