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Virginie Bezara (Ninie Doniah)

Biography

Ninie Doniah is a Malagasy singer and composer of salegy music that originates from the northern coastal area of Madagascar, including her birthplace of Nosy Be. She descends from a musical family: her grandmother was a celebrated singer of the traditional jijy vako-drazana antakarana. Doniah is commonly termed the “Queen of Salegy”, in counterpoint to the “King of Salegy,” superstar Jaojoby. She has recorded more than six albums since the mid-1990s and continues to tour throughout Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands.

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She is considered one of the best female salegy performers in a genre dominated by men, and is the most well-recognized and successful female ambassadors of the genre outside of Madagascar.

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