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Oumou Dioubate

b. c.1964, Kankan, Guinea. Given birth to into a category of ‘jelis’ (hereditary compliment performers), Dioubate began singing at age seven. Six years later on her mom, Gnamakoro Kante, passed away and Oumou changed her as the vocalist with the original Kankan Regional Outfit. She wedded her cousin, a musician …

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