Ko Sira

Oumou Sangare | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B00004YNH0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,945 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #47 in Music > World Music > Africa > Mali

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love, love, love ..., October 23, 2000

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Giulio Mario Rampelli - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ko Sira (Audio CD)

I love Oumou Sangare. In her voice there is all the deep charm, the fresh sensuality, the strong soul of african women.

The maalian mandingue music is something special in african music's universe. It's pure, not contaminated from north western influence like Caribbean or colonial band music like other countries on the coast.

This is the second beautiful Oumou's CD. Like other, it's pure African music, using the Wassoulou's penta-tonal scale, hypnotical, polirithmical. The texts reflect African culture. Saa Magni, for example, speaks about death. Death is very close to life, and this track sings like a love song. The Nick Gold's production is simpy superb. Africans can be proud of their culture.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Africans, keep your culture!, May 4, 2000

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Giulio Mario Rampelli - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ko Sira (Audio CD)

I love Oumou Sangare. In her voice there is all the deep charm, the fresh sensuality, the strong soul of african women.

This is the second beautiful Oumou's CD. Like other, it's pure African music, using the Wassoulou's penta-tonal scale, hypnotical, polirithmical. The texts reflect African culture. Saa Magni, for example, speaks about death. Death is very close to life, and this track sings like a love song. The Nick Gold's production is simpy superb. Africans can be proud of their culture.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must own!, March 4, 2001

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This review is from: Ko Sira (Audio CD)

I was entranced by the quality of her voice, the melodies and just the overall sheer sonic experience. I bought this CD and it lived up to every expectation. Even my musically less adventorous friends have commented on how good this album is. Highly recommended.