Ultimatum

Fatoumata Diawara · 2018 · Collaboration with Disclosure (2018).

Context

"Ultimatum" appears on Fenfo, Fatoumata Diawara's second album, released in May 2018 on Shanachie, seven years after Fatou (2011). The album blends Wassoulou and other Malian traditions with rock elements, and carries committed themes: migration to Europe, the condition of women in northern Mali, the rejection of forced marriages.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk: Modal, Soul jazz, boogaloo, Hard bop, Free jazz, Brazilian instrumental music, Indo-jazz, Modern big bands, Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais).

Sources

• afropop.org

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