Ivorian singer Dobet Gnahoré will be touring North America in September to promote her recent CD, Na Afriki.
When she was a young girl in the Ivory Coast, Dobet Gnahoré knew she wanted to devote her life to the arts. At age 12, Dobet announced to her father that she wasn’t going to return to school. “I want to stay in the village like you!” she asserted so forcefully that her father knew there was no talking her out of it. However, this was no ordinary “village.” Dobet’s father, a respected master drummer, singer and actor, was a founding member of Village Ki-Yi M'Bock, one of Africa’s m...
Read more at: World Music Central
Ivorian singer Dobet Gnahoré will be touring North America in September to promote her recent CD, Na Afriki.
When she was a young girl in the Ivory Coast, Dobet Gnahoré knew she wanted to devote her life to the arts. At age 12, Dobet announced to her father that she wasn’t going to return to school. “I want to stay in the village like you!” she asserted so forcefully that her father knew there was no talking her out of it. However, this was no ordinary “village.” Dobet’s father, a respected master drummer, singer and actor, was a founding member of Village Ki-Yi M'Bock, one of Africa’s m...
Read more at: World Music Central
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