Dimi Mint Abba obituary

Singer known as 'the diva of the desert', she had a huge following across the Arab worldDimi Mint Abba, who has died from a brain haemorrhage aged 52, while touring in Morocco, was one of the finest and best-loved singers in the north-west African state of Mauritania. Known as the "diva of the desert", she recorded remarkably few albums and made only occasional visits to Europe (her last UK appearance was at the Womad festival in 2006), but built up a large following at home, and across north A...

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