Dobet Gnahore closes UMSL International Performing Arts Series

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Dobet Gnahoré

Dobet Gnahoré

Friday May 01, 2009

Take the energy of Lauryn Hill, the consciousness of India.Arie and the mystique of Erykah Badu and you got Dobet Gnahore’. This dancing and drumming songbird hails from the homeland, Ivory Coast, West Africa, and is currently on a North American and Canadian tour.

Gnahore’ stops in St. Louis at the Touhill Performing Arts Center to pull the curtains on the UMSL’s International Performing Arts Series.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 6, in the Touhill’s E. Desmond and Lary Ann Lee Theatre on the campus.

To read the rest of Bill Beene’s piece in The St Louis American please click here

Jho Avido 3:58 Dobet Gnahoré
Dala 3:51 Dobet Gnahoré
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Dobet Gnahore, Idan Raichel and India.Arie - "Pale
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