What is Khaira Arby?
[[File:Khaira_arby_2012.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Arby in 2012]] '''Khaira Arby''', known as '''The Nightingale of Timbuktu''' (21 September 1959 – 19 August 2018), was a Malian singer-songwriter.<ref>[http://malijet.co/musique/khaira-arby-nest-plus-une-grande-artiste-quitte-la-scene Khaira Arby n’est plus : Une grande artiste quitte la scène] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820005816/http://malijet.co/musique/khaira-arby-nest-plus-une-grande-artiste-quitte-la-scene |date=2018-08-20 }} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> She was born in [[Timbuktu]], [[Mali Federation]]. In 1992, Arby started a career under her own name, the first Malian woman to do so. In 2010, she became globally popular. She toured the United States,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/06/khaira_arby_and.html|title=Khaira Arby and her band returning to North America, playing some shows w/ Delicate Steve (summer 2011 dates)|date=2011-06-30|website=Brooklynvegan.com|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> performed at [[Pop Montreal]] in 2010, and at the [[Montreal International Jazz Festival]] in 2011.<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/montreal_jazz_festival_announces_complete_lineup_with_b-52s_galactic_poiriers_sound_system Montreal Jazz Festival Announces Complete Lineup with the B-52s, Galactic, Poirier's Sound System]</ref> Arby wrote and sang in the indigenous languages of the region, [[Songhai]], [[Tamachek]], [[Bambara]], and in [[Arabian language|Arabian]]. Arby died on 19 August 2018 in [[Bamako]], [[Mali]] from [[breast cancer]] at the age of 59.<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/08/21/mort-de-la-chanteuse-khaira-arby-le-rossignol-de-tombouctou_5344549_3212.html Mort de la chanteuse Khaira Arby, « le rossignol de Tombouctou »] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Arby, Khaira}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from breast cancer]] [[Category:Singer-songwriters]] [[Category:Malian musicians]]