Seymali Ould Ahmed Vall

السيمالي ولد أحمد فال (Known as "Seymali")

Traditional Griot, Tidinit Virtuoso, Musical Reformer

Born 1928

Trarza Region, Mauritania

Passed Away 1990 Nouakchott, Mauritania

Lifespan 62 years old

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"The strings of the tidinit tell the story of every sand dune that ever heard a poet weep."

Archival Overview

Master of traditional Moorish music and supreme virtuoso of the four-stringed tidinit lute, who modernised traditional modal systems and composed Mauritania's first national anthem.

Biographical Record

Scion of the great musical lineage of the Trarza, Seymali Ould Ahmed Vall possessed complete mastery over the intricate modal systems of Moorish classical music (Karr, Faqhu, Lakhal, and Labyad).

He composed the musical arrangement for Mauritania's original national anthem at independence in 1960. As father and teacher of global singing icon Dimi Mint Abba, he trained a generation of artists to bring Saharan music to the world stage.

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Final Resting Place

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Ksar Cemetery
Nouakchott, Mauritania

                         GPS: 18.0833, -15.9667                    

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