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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the West-African collective that began with Mamani Keïta, Oumou Sangaré and Mariam Doumbia, includes Roselyne Belinga, Valérie Belinga, Boy-Fall, Tiguidanké Diallo a.k.a Niariu, Marta Domingo, Aminata Dramé a.k.a Nakou, Patricia Essong, Jon Grace, KandyThe second full-length release for the West-African collective that began with Mamani Keïta, Oumou Sangaré and Mariam Doumbia, includes Roselyne Belinga, Valérie Belinga, Boy-Fall, Tiguidanké Diallo a.k.a Niariu, Marta Domingo, Aminata Dramé a.k.a Nakou, Patricia Essong, Jon Grace, Kandy Guira, Nacera Ouali Mesbah, Moesha13, Nancy Murillo, Fafa Ruffino, Abby Surya, and Valérie Tribord. Expand
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  1. Jan 24, 2020
    90
    Amazones Power is a fresh, modern new chapter for Les Amazones d'Afrique, and one we can only hope will set a precedent for music and social justice in the new decade.
  2. Jan 24, 2020
    80
    Amazones Power is a frequently thrilling call for change, a demand for action. It’s also a successful album on multiple levels that hopefully will help bring improvements to the lives of those in need.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jan 24, 2020
    80
    A rousing and defiantly modern revolution in sound. [Mar 2020, p.119]
  4. Mojo
    Jan 24, 2020
    80
    This rolling membership opens the palette considerably. ... The songs that leave the biggest impression, however, are the raucous yet soulful bangers. [Mar 2020, p.89]
  5. Uncut
    Jan 27, 2020
    80
    A dozen young singers from Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, Algeria and beyond [lend] a youthfully purposive and fearless energy to songs about misogyny, sexual identity, force marriage and FGM. [Mar 2020, p.30]
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