June 4, 2011(2011-06-04) (aged 52) Casablanca, Morocco
Genres
griot
Years active
1976-2011
Musical artist
Dimi Mint Abba (Arabic: ديمي منت آبا; 25 December 1958 – June 2011)[1] was one of Mauritania's most famous musicians.[2][3] She was born Loula Bint Siddaty Ould Abba in Tidjikja in Mauritania. [4] 1958, into a low-caste ("iggawin") family specializing in the griot tradition.
^"Mauritanian traditional singer Dimi Mint Abba dies in Morocco hospital at 52". Associated Press. 4 June 2011.
^"Dimi Mint Abba: Musician known as 'la diva du désert' and hailed by Ali Farka Touré as Africa's greatest singer". The Independent. 17 June 2011. Dimi Mint Abba, one of the pre-eminent vocalists to emerge from present-day Mauritania, became the de facto international face of modern Mauritanian music.
^"Lost legends" (PDF). Sauti za Busara Zanzibar - Festival Programme 2012. Busara Promotions. 2012. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-27. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
^"Dimi Mint Abba | Mauritanian musician and singer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
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