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Abba, Dimi Mint

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Personal name headingAbba, Dimi Mint
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Variant(s)Abba, Loula Bint Siddaty Ould
Associated countryMauritania
Birth date1958
Place of birthMauritania
AffiliationFestival International des Musiques (Nouakchott, Mauritania) Festival of Sacred Music (Fez, Morocco)
Profession or occupationSingers
Found inEide, 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))