Mauritania's 'diva of the desert' Dimi Mint Abba will perform at the BBC Proms in August. Not heard in England for nearly a decade, Dimi joins the bill with the acclaimed Spanish group Radio Tarifa ...

Last September, Mauritanian singer Noura Mint Seymali and her band delivered an impressive set at the Festival in the Desert II touring show at Tropicalia. The ensemble’s sound seemed one-of-a-kind, ...

Noura Mint Seymali was born into one of Mauritania's most important musical families. Her father, Seymali, is a Moorish composer and her mother Dimi, who passed away in 2016, was a griot (hereditary ...

Noura Mint Seymali is Mauritania’s biggest female star, and proudly represents her country's tradition of griots - storytellers, praise singers and oral historians. Show more Noura Mint Seymali is ...