After years of her music being banned by Mauritania’s military government, Malouma now speaks through her new role as one of the country’s 56 senators and through her new CD, Nour, which brings the ...

Where does Africa begin and where does it end? Geographically, I mean. Oftentimes, when people say "Africa," they mean "Africa south of the Sahara." That may be a useful shorthand in many contexts, ...

Dressed in the colourful muslin veil that brightens up the harsh sandy streets of Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, Malouma holds her traditional ardin, or harp, in one hand as she speaks rapid-fire ...

Malouma, one of Mauritania's most famous "griot" traditional singers, was elected to the national Senate this year as an opposition member. She is bringing her fight against social injustice from the ...

DAMASCUS: Mauritanian vocalist, composer and instrumentalist, Malouma Bint al-Meedah, performed her first Syrian concert on Saturday evening. After enduring a decade-long performance ban in her own ...

Radio M host Tony Sarabia joins Jerome for another edition of Global Notes, Worldview’s weekly look at what’s happening in the world of music. This week, they discuss Mauritania’s biggest musical ...