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Also known as la diva du desert

Mauritanian singer

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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to Dimi Mint Abba, and connects out to Morocco, Arabic and Mauritania.

It is catalogued under topics including 1958 births, 2011 deaths and 20th-century Mauritanian people.

Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Mauritania
Active from
1958-12-25
Active to
2011-06-04

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,662
Total plays
15,497

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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 sang on the radio and then competed, the following year, in t

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Mauritania
Place of birth
Tidjikja
Place of death
Rabat
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Arabic
Instrument
voice
Record label
World Circuit
Number of children
2
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date of death
2011-06-04
date of birth
1958-12-25
cause of death
cerebral hemorrhage
start of work period
1976-00-00
end of work period
2011-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
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