Les Amazones d'Afrique

Mixt, salle Super, 49 rue du Coudray, Nantes

The all-female supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique campaigns for gender equality and an end to ancestral violence. Its spokesperson? A modern, energetic music blending West African traditional influences, trap, and electronic music. The collective formed in 2014 from the Malian stars and activists Mamani Keita, Oumou Sangaré and Mariam Doumbia. It quickly welcomed new members and languages. Audiences fall for this contemporary, pan-African, message-driven music, even Barack Obama included a track in his 2017 best-of. Over the years the message remains — defend women’s and girls’ rights — but th…