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Dimi Mint Abba

Dimi Mint Abba has been played on NTS in shows including Kit Records, featured first on 21 November 2019. Songs played include Oh Lord Bring Apartheid Crashing Down!, Waidalal Waidalal and Yar Allahoo.

Dimi Mint Abba (Arabic: ديمي منت آبا‎‎; 25 December 1958 – 4 June 2011) was one of Mauritania's most famous musicians.

She was born Loula Bint Siddaty Ould Abba in 1958 into a low-caste ("iggawin") family specializing in the griot tradition.

Dimi's parents were both musicians (her father had been asked to compose the Mauritanian national anthem), and she began playing at an early age. Her professional career began in 1976, when she…

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Oh Lord Bring Apartheid Crashing Down!
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba
World Circuit1990
Oh Lord Bring Apartheid Crashing Down!
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint AbbaWorld Circuit1990
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Waidalal Waidalal
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba
World Circuit1990
Waidalal Waidalal
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint AbbaWorld Circuit1990
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Yar Allahoo
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba
World Circuit1990
Yar Allahoo
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint AbbaWorld Circuit1990
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Chaviou Elwara: El Barm (Theme)
Dimi Mint Abba
Auvidis, Auvidis Ethnic1992
Chaviou Elwara: El Barm (Theme)
Dimi Mint AbbaAuvidis, Auvidis Ethnic1992
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El Belloutou
Dimi Mint Abba
BMG France1995
El Belloutou
Dimi Mint AbbaBMG France1995
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My Young People Do The Youth Of Nations Invite (Ashabab Yidie Shabab Aldual)
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba
World Circuit1990
My Young People Do The Youth Of Nations Invite (Ashabab Yidie Shabab Aldual)
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint AbbaWorld Circuit1990
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Mauritania My Beloved Country (Nikhtar An Kulelawtan Awtani Mauritan)
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint Abba
World Circuit1990
Mauritania My Beloved Country (Nikhtar An Kulelawtan Awtani Mauritan)
Khalifa Ould Eide, Dimi Mint AbbaWorld Circuit1990
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