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Biography
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Tahra
Real name: Tahra Hembara
Effective period / Period of releases: 1988
Paris-based Tahra is a classically trained singer who has sought to modernize the Moorish music of her native Mauritania by adding high-technology synthesizer backing to traditional songs. In 1988 she recorded the multi-lingual album Yamen Yamen with a French backing band.