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Les Amazones D'Afrique Envision A World Of Gender Equality

The group's musical mashup of tradition and technology on the album République Amazone echoes a greater goal: to make a big noise for women in a world run by men.
Les Amazones d'Afrique's new album is called <em>République Amazone</em>.

Les Amazones d'Afrique is a collective of female West African singers. They each have careers of their own, but came together to collaborate on an album that envisions

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