The Chan Centre has been waiting for Oumou Sangaré for a year and a half. Her concert, originally scheduled for October 2022, was delayed due to visa issues.
She, too, had been waiting for this very moment: to unveil the melodies of her homeland (she raised a flag of Mali in her hand) and to invite us into her world (she kissed the flag and passed it to an audience member in the front row).
“You like African music? That’s good, because we are here.”
It took a lot for her to get here. Music crosses borders, yet we often overlook the…
