From Mauritania: A tune for breast melanoma cognizance - PRI

women's fitness is an important difficulty for singer Noura Mint Seymali. Breast melanoma awareness, specifically.

Noura Mint Seymali is from Mauritania, in West Africa. and he or she wants to make sure ladies, specially girls in Africa, get their annual screenings.

I had the possibility to fulfill Seymali closing fall earlier than a exhibit. She instructed me "I've desired to write about this subject for a long time." She wanted to elevate focus, partially, because her mother died of breast cancer.

"i used to be with my mom," says Seymali, "and noticed what she changed into going through along with her medication. i was residing it together with her. I went along with her to the pharmacy to purchase high priced medications. i used to be with her within the sanatorium. I identify with women who're going through this."

So, Seymali wrote the music "Arbina." it's also the title of her latest album. 

The title is a name for God in Arabic, however she says the lyrics talk specifically about breast melanoma. "this is an disorder that kills loads of women on this planet ... so it's a message to all ladies to take melanoma screening very critically."

Breast cancer attention is just one of the subject matters Noura Mint Seymali sings about. Even when she sings about different things, or not it's often personal. "every area that I sing about is inspired by way of whatever thing I think for my part," she says. "There are songs about love, about public fitness, about adolescence, peace and cohesion. The only area I don't sing about is politics." 

Seymali desired to make certain that I understood "tune is above politics."

but even so, that is slightly hard to process for those who believe she sings about public health, peace and solidarity. probably she feels being a "political singer" is just too a good deal of a burden.

Peace become truly on her mind final summer time on the Glastonbury festival within the UK. Noura Mint Seymali performed her music "Richa" with individuals of the Syrian national Orchestra.

perhaps it turned into simply a chance for musicians to conquer struggle and play together.