Fatoumata Diawara

NINA SIMONE

The Best Of Nina Simone PHILIPS, 1969

I love Nina Simone, she’s one of the greatest artists ever. She changed my life, because when I was a child, I had a lot of experiences that I couldn’t express. Every time that I wanted to speak out about my problems, my sufferings, it was like I didn’t have a voice. I was like, “Who could accept this voice so low, so heavy, charged by many energies?” And the answer comes from Nina Simone. When I heard her voice for the first time, I thought that it was a man, I was shocked. I