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Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame Announces 2022 Inductees

World Music Central News Room December 9, 2022 No Comments Afghan National Institute of Music Ahmad Sarmast Ben Mandelson Danyèl Waro Debashish Bhattacharya Fela Kuti Ian Anderson Jivan Gasparyan Mariem Hassan Milton Nascimento Miriam Makeba Oumou Sangaré Paco de Lucia Salif Keita Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame world fusion world music

The Transglobal World Music Hall of Fame has revealed the names of the 2022 Inductees. Artist Salif KeitaDebashish BhattacharyaDanyèl WaroOumou SangaréMilton Nascimento The Artist category…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Mariem Hassan

Angel Romero January 1, 2019 2 Comments Mariem Hassan Saharawi music

Mariem Hassan was born in May 1958 in Ued Tazua, in the former Spanish Sahara in northwestern Africa. She expressed herself naturally in Hassania, the…

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The Indomitable Voice, the Life of Mariem Hassan

World Music Central News Room March 16, 2017 No Comments Mariem Hassan Saharan music Saharawi music Western Sahara

The Indomitable Voice is the title of a new book about the late Mariem Hassan, one of the greatest singers from the Western Sahara in…

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