Mogoya

Mogoya
Studio album by Oumou Sangaré
Released	19 May 2017 (2017-05-19)
Length	41:40
Label	No Format![1]
Oumou Sangaré chronology
Seya (2009) Mogoya (2017)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	86/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Robert Christgau	B+[1]
The Guardian	[3]
Mojo	[4]
PopMatters	9/10[5]

Mogoya is the fifth studio album by Maliian singer-songwriter Oumou Sangaré.^[6][7] It was released on 19 May 2017.

Critical reception

Mojo wrote that "musically, the key track here may be 'Kamelemba,' with keyboard washes beneath the hunter’s harp, the kamele n'goni, and subtle phasing added."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bena Bena"	4:55
2.	"Yere Faga" (featuring Tony Allen, Ludovic Bruni, Vincent Taeger, Vincent Taurelle)	5:11
3.	"Fadjamou" (featuring Tony Allen)	4:35
4.	"Mali Niale"	5:17
5.	"Kamelemba" (featuring Ludovic Bruni, Vincent Taeger, Vincent Taurelle)	4:13
6.	"Djoukourou" (featuring Ludovic Bruni, Vincent Taeger, Vincent Taurelle)	4:09
7.	"Kounkoun" (featuring Ludovic Bruni, Vincent Taeger, Vincent Taurelle)	4:46
8.	"Minata Waraba"	5:02
9.	"Mogoya"	3:32

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	195
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9]	71
US World Albums (Billboard)[10]	15

References

1. "Robert Christgau: Album: Oumou Sangare: Mogoya". www.robertchristgau.com.
2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
3. Denselow, Robin (20 May 2017). "Oumou Sangare: Mogoya review". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
4. "Oumou Sangaré – Mogoya". Mojo.
5. Pontecorvo, Adriane (7 June 2017). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
6. "Mali's Oumou Sangaré Keeps Speaking Out On 'Mogoya'". NPR.org.
7. "Oumou Sangaré | Biography & History". AllMusic.
8. "Ultratop.be – Oumou Sangaré – Mogoya" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Oumou Sangaré – Mogoya" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
10. "Oumou Sangare Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 May 2019.