Rokia Traoré
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Rokia Traoré (born 24th January 1974) is an award-winning Malian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Traoré was born in Kolokani, Mali as a member of the Bambara ethnic group. As her father was a diplomat, she travelled widely in her youth travelling to Algeria, Saudi Arabia, France and Belgium. As a result of this travel, she was exposed to a wide variety of influences. The Bambara also had a tradition of griot performing at weddings although members of the nobility such as Traoré are discoura
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- Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers
· 2022 · cited 1,319x
- Emergence of Zaire Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea
· 2014 · cited 1,077x
- Scaling law for excitons in 2D perovskite quantum wells
· 2018 · cited 753x
- Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial
· 2002 · cited 615x
- New Type of 2D Perovskites with Alternating Cations in the Interlayer Space, (C(NH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>)(CH<sub>3</sub>NH<sub>3</sub>)<sub><i>n</i></sub>Pb<sub><i>n</i></sub>I<sub>3<i>n</i>+1</sub>: Structure, Properties, and Photovoltaic Performance
· 2017 · cited 495x
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- “Absolutely. But, there is still a lot to do. Yes, music in Mali is going to -- I don't know -- if we don't find solutions, that doesn't mean having big budgets to make things in Mali. No. I think it's also sociological, to understand how the audience wants music to be, and how they want to get music”
- “It was very hard. I was in a bad psychological state because I was separated from my children, but at the same time it was a kind of privilege because I was learning things it’s not possible to learn without being in that situation. Everything is much more intense. Sharing a small space with someone – in a week you know more about them than their mother. You know everything: when she is happy, when she cries, when she goes to the toilet, when she has a shower. You see everything.”
- “It was difficult for me not knowing when it would all be over and I could be with my children again.”
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