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| | 6moons.com - world music: Khadja Nin "Ya Pili" |
 | | Born in 1959 into a 10-headed family in Burundi, a small African nationality between Congo and Tanzania, Khadja Nin married early and had a child but then suffered the premature loss of her husband after her small family had moved to Europe. |
 | | During my recent trip to the German fatherland, I was lucky to spot it, instantly recognizing Khadja from her fourth, year 2000 album Ya released on Ark21 [810062] which, unlike her earlier work, was readily available in the US. |
 | | Singing in French, Swahili and Kirundi, Khadja Nin's soulful lyrics and politically astute themes join the sophisticated chorus-rich tunesmithing of Nicolas Fiszman to combine Afro-Pop and occasional Latin styles with an often Sting-reminiscent flair for catchy yet complex arrangements. |
| www.6moons.com /worldmusic/yapili.html (374 words) |
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