Veyrouz Mint Seymali

Veyrouz Mint Seymali is the heiress of an exceptional musical lineage. Daughter of Dimi Mint Abba, the ‘Diva of the desert’, who passed away in June 2011, Veyrouz has sung with her mother on the international stage since the age of six. Her father, Seymali Ould Ahmed Vall, was the first Mauritanian artist to receive a diploma from the school of Arabic Beaux-Arts in Lebanon and her maternal grandfather wrote Mauritania’s national anthem.