Malouma

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Malouma (2004)

Malouma Mint El Meidah ( Arabic المعلومة منت الميداح, DMG al-Maʿlūma mint al-Maidāḥ , also Maalouma or Malouma (/ mɑːloʊmɑː /); born October 1, 1960 ) is a Mauritanian singer and politician.

Life

Growing up in southwest Mauritania, she made her first appearances at the age of twelve. Her first title Habibi Habeytou criticized the way women are treated in marriage. Though an immediate success, the title caused an outcry among the ruling class. After being forced to marry as a teenager, she had to give up singing until 1986. She developed her musical style from a combination of traditional music with elements of blues, jazz and electronic music. After appearing on television with titles on controversial topics such as married life, poverty and inequality, her music was censored in Mauritania in the early 1990s. At this time she herself began performing abroad. After the censorship of her music was lifted, she resumed her singing career and achieved great notoriety, especially among the younger generation. Her fourth album, Knou (2014), contains texts on human rights and the place of women in society.

In addition to her own music, Malouma has also worked to protect the music of Mauritania, including by getting the government to set up a music school, setting up her own foundation to support the country's musical heritage, and by creating her own music festival in 2014.

Malouma has been involved in politics as an activist for more democracy, in the fight against HIV / AIDS and for women's rights since the 1990s. She was elected senator in 2007 as the first female politician of her caste, but was arrested the next year as a result of a coup. When elections were held again in 2009, she was appointed senator for the opposition Ech-Choura party, responsible for environmental issues. She subsequently became IUCN 's Goodwill Ambassador for Central and West Africa in 2011 . In December 2014, it announced that it would switch from the opposition party to the ruling party, the Union for the Republic , to move forward in its efforts to advance the country. Her work was recognized by France through her acceptance into the Legion of Honor .

Malouma at the US Embassy in Nouakchott (2015)

Selected Works

  • 1998, Desert of Eden (album), West African and Arab-Berber music
  • 2003, Dunya (Life), recorded on the Marabu label in Nouakchott; a mixture of blues, rock and traditional music from South Mauritania and Indo-Pakistan, sung in the Arabic dialect Hassania
  • 2007, Nour (light), recorded by the Marabu label during their stay in Angloulême in 2003 with the support of the festival organizer Christian Mousse; a collection of dance beats with electric guitars without the traditional instruments of the Moors
  • In 2009 Malouma was the composer and vocalist on two tracks on DuOud's 2009 Ping Kong album, Missy Nouakchott and Sable Émouvant
  • 2014, Knou (album), a collection of ethno-pop tracks mixed with traditional instruments

Web links

Commons : Malouma  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

Hammond, Andrew (2004). Pop Culture in the Arab World !: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851094493 .

  1. ↑ Mauritania's fiery singing senator . April 30, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2017. 
  2. ↑ Malouma, diva rebelle . July 14, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2017. 
  3. ^ Andrew Hammond: Pop Culture in the Arab World !: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle 2004, ISBN 9781851094493 ..
  4. ↑ a b Catherine Taine-Cheikh: Les chansons de Malouma, entre tradition, world music et engagement politique . In: Quaderni di Semistica . 28, 2012, pp. 337-362.
personal data
SURNAME Malouma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malouma Mint El Meidah (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mauritanian singer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1960