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Noura Mint Seymali
Noura Mint Seymali, born in 1979 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, is a singer and
instrumentalist from a family of griots. She began her career at the age of 13
as a backup singer for her stepmother, Dimi Mint Abba, a prominent Mauritanian
musician. Seymali plays the ardîn, a traditional string instrument, and started
composing for her stepmother before forming her own group in 2004 with her
husband, Jeiche Ould Chighaly. Their debut album, Tzenni (2014), was released
via Glitterbeat Records. She performed at various international festivals,
including globalFEST in the United States an...
