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Oumou Sangaré Quotes

b. 1968 Mali

Oumou Sangaré ( born 25 February 1968 in Bamako) is a Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician of Fulani or Fula descent. She is often referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou".

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"What the artist says and does, that’s what people pay attention to. People respect an artist who serves as an example. My role as an artist is to educate women about their rights."

"To get married you have to save a huge amount of money, and if you never get enough, you become afraid of going your whole life without ever getting married."

I tried to be myself and stay close to womanhood. There were plenty of critics, but it was all very minor compared to the success

" I sing about the injustices in society, what’s unfair or does harm. I sing about the things that I don’t like, but the theme of “the woman,” that is the most important focus for me. The problems women suffer, that’s what I want to change."

You can lose your lucky star
Or you can take care of it
You must not spoil it

But mum, I sing now. I earn plenty of money in the streets

The school of life was my education — the only one I could have. I learnt on the move’

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oumou Sangaré (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.