{"id":42778,"date":"2017-03-30T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T11:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/oumou-sangare-has-shared-the-video-for-her-new-single-yere-faga-in-collaboration-with-tony-allen-extract-from-her-forthcoming-album-mogoya-meaning-people\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:39:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:39:27","slug":"oumou-sangare-has-shared-the-video-for-her-new-single-yere-faga-in-collaboration-with-tony-allen-extract-from-her-forthcoming-album-mogoya-meaning-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/oumou-sangare-has-shared-the-video-for-her-new-single-yere-faga-in-collaboration-with-tony-allen-extract-from-her-forthcoming-album-mogoya-meaning-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind-blowing video for the return of the great Oumou Sangar\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pam-featured-content\"  style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe  class=\"pam-featured-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sg1JqUA5ck4?list=PLi5Wq55_9apNN93UrrzRIjlmZfq87h4Ib\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Oumou Sangar\u00e9 has shared the video for her new single \u2018Yere Faga\u2019 in collaboration with Tony Allen, extract\u00a0from her forthcoming album \u2018Mogoya\u2019 (meaning \u201cpeople today\u201d), via <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/focus-label-no-format\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">N\u00f8 F\u00f8rmat<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Chris Saunders<\/strong>, the music video tracks a young woman through her day in the city of Johannesburg&#8217;s Hillbrow area, with a mesmeric performance from lead dancer Maipelo Gabang interpreting the track\u2019s message of endurance through times of struggle.\u00a0Speaking about the track, Oumou says: \u201cYou know, success is heavy. There have been times where I\u2019ve really had to rely on having a strong character to survive. I wrote \u2018Yere Faga\u2019 to give an example to everyone and to say that in life you have to be strong. Everybody will encounter some problem one day or another. But you have to be stronger than the problem so you can go beyond it\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read next: <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/focus-label-no-format\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Label Focus No Format<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking about the video, director Chris Saunders says; \u201cOumou\u2019s powerful Wassoulou lyrics needed to be translated through the movement in the video &#8211; to reflect her message of never giving up, of finding mechanisms to succeed. 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