Djely Tapa is the stage name of Sountougoumba Diarra, a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

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Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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 The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. Born and raised in Mali, Diarra moved to Canada to study sciences, but retained her interest and participation in music. Her music draws on the griot tradition of West African music and literature.Marie-Lise Rousseau
"Djely Tapa: Au-delà des frontières"
'' Métro'', January 18, 2019.

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