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The Odyssey Series
Saturday, November 26, 2022, 9:00am
By Jonathan Overby

Wassoulou music, takes its name from its geographical birthplace, is a form that fuses traditional and contemporary elements authored by women vocalists. The style is set within a pentatonic scale using a hunter's harp and exhibited by womanist-centered vocals that are passionate, pointed, and delivered in a call-and-response pattern.

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