“ With her deep, earthy voice, commanding stage presence…she took what was deepest and strongest in her culture and made it vividly real and relevant to listeners in her modern times.” - Banning Eyre about Coumba Sidibé (RIP)

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Coumba Sidibé, Queen of Wasulu Music Dies in New York

Thursday, May 14 2009 @ 06:29 AM EDT
Contributed by: WMC_News_Dept

posted : Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

tags : music wasulu coumba_sidibe

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Blogging my thoughts about ethnomusicology, race, gender, and the African diaspora. I'm Kyra D. Gaunt, an Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology & Ethnomusicology in NYC. With this blog, I be said--launched 5.2.09.

Coumba Sidibé, Queen of Wasulu Music Dies in New York