Listen to Musician Noura Mint Seymali's song 'Ghizlane'
A story of Mauritania told through the color green
Portrait of Mauritanian musician Noura Mint Seymali by Jacob CrawfurdDesign Indaba
Ghizlane
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Griot and singer Noura Mint Seymali's “Ghizlane” is an old song, sung from the perspective of a hunter who has become mesmerized by a giraffe grazing in a green oasis.
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