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Anjali is a female singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from London. All details and some of her songs can be found on her official homepage and on her myspace-site. http://www.anjali.org.uk http://www.myspace.com/magicalanjali BTW: The traditional indian-tracks are not from ANJALI mentioned here. Hers are the cool ones ;-) .

Jalilah (aka Lorraine Zamora Chamas) is an extraordinary "Raks Sharki" dancer, which is also known as "Oriental Dance". In the west the dance is known, most commonly, as "Belly Dance", dispite that fact that this dance form incorporates the whole body with far more emphasis on the hips rather then the belly. Jalilah´s passion for this dance style pushed her to thoroughly investigate the many different aspects of this art. She traveled to various Middle Eastern and North African countries where she researched, observed and practiced the numerous traditional dances of each particular area, many of the dances are closely...

There are two artists named Jali. 1/ Manchester, UK-based African music played with the ngoni and drums - amazingly beautiful. 2/ Rwandanian musician based in Belgium. Jali sings in french a mix of Folk, Soul, Acoustic and Reggae. .

Guinean singer and composer Djeli Mousa Diawara is foremost among world players of the Kora, the African harp-lute of the Manding peoples of the Senegambia. Born in Guinea in 1961 into a family whose musical roots span generations, his father was a famous player of the balafon (Africa's wooden cousin to the xylophone), and his mother sang. He joined his family as a member of the djeli (or jali) caste - the honored griots who carry a tradition of reciting town news through improvised lyrics and melody on the kora. Like his half-brother, Mory Kante, and cousin, Kante Manfila, he...