The Mauritanian female artist Aicha Mint Chighaly was born in 1963 in Kaedi, Mauritania. Her father, Yuba Al-Mokhtar ould Chighaly, was one of the most well-known griots of the last century. In 1982, the family Chighaly moved to live in Nouakchott, being originated from a border area with Senegal.

Aicha’s talent was fed by her family’s her …