Afrikana Soul Sister is an

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group from

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.Éloïse Léveillé-Chagnon
"Afrikana Soul Sister annonce un album et partage une chanson avec Émile Bilodeau"
''Le Canal Auditif'', September 16, 2021. They are most noted for their 2021 album ''Kalasö'', which was a

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nominee for Global Music Album of the Year at the

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and won the

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for World Music Album of the Year at the

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in 2022. The band consists of singer

Djely Tapa Djely Tapa is the stage name of Sountougoumba Diarra, a Malian-Canadian musician, who performs and records both as a solo artist, and as leader of the Afrobeat group Afrikana Soul Sister. Her solo album ''Barokan'' won the Juno Award for World Mus ...

, multi-instrumentalist Jean-François Lemieux and percussionist Fa Cissohko. They released the album ''Afrikana Soul Sister'' in 2017, and followed up with ''Kalasö'' in 2021. Djely Tapa also released the solo album ''Barokan'' in 2019, which won the Juno Award in the World Music category at the

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.Shakiel Mahjouri
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'', June 29, 2020.

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