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Marie Boine Persen is a musician from the Norwegian Sápmi (Sameland or Finnmark). Mixing her native way of singing (yoik) with jazz, folk and a bit of rock, she became the cultural ambassador of her people with her breakthrough release Gula Gula. Mari Boine has released about 9 albums, if not more - the latest Gávcci Jahkejudgu (”Eight Seasons”, which is actually the number of seasons in arctic regions) in 2002. No much news since - it’s a bit hard to find information about her. Some websites:

• fet.uni-hannover.de
• Kjell Kalleklev Management
• Wikipedia
• Unofficial Homepage
• Ectoguide

Fighting for their cultural heritage and more rights in Scandinavia, like their far cousins from Nunavut in Canada, Sámi people have their land - the UNESCO recognized Laponian Area - shared between Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia. There’s an interesting article on Wikipedia about the situation.

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