LC control no. | n 92034349 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Abba, Dimi Mint |
Variant(s) | Abba, Loula Bint Siddaty Ould |
Associated country | Mauritania |
Birth date | 1958 |
Place of birth | Mauritania |
Affiliation | Festival International des Musiques (Nouakchott, Mauritania) Festival of Sacred Music (Fez, Morocco) |
Profession or occupation | Singers |
Found in | Eide, K.O. Moorish music from Mauritania [SR] p1990: label (Dimi Mint Abba) El país WWW site, June 7, 2011 (Dimi Mint Abba; b. Loula Bint Siddaty Ould Abba, Dec. 25, 1958; Mauritanian; d. Saturday [June 4, 2011], Rabat, Morocco, at 52; singer) Dictionary of African Biography , accessed January 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dimi Mint Abba; Loula Bint Siddati Ould Abba; popular singer; born 1958 in Mauritania; first made her reputation outside her homeland when she performed the song Sawt Elfan (1977); world music record label World Circuit signed her (1990) and persuaded her to make an album, Moorish Music from Mauritania; performed at the Festival of Sacred Music in Fez, Morocco; one of the featured performers at the Festival International des Musiques in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott (2004)) |