On April 16th, around 9:30 p.m., I was blessed at The Brooklyn Bowl by a live performance by the most rooted, beautiful, and ethereal singer I've ever been introduced to: Fatoumata Diawara.

If you have absolutely no idea who she is, I implore you to look her up immediately. Like, go right now. Don't worry, I've got you for ease of access: here's her full album, "Fatou," on YouTube.

Now, if you're not used to music outside of rap/R&B/pop/techno/pretty much whatever else is mainstream, my girl Fatou might be a completely new sound for you. She doesn't even sing in English but you don't need to understand the words to understand the emotion that comes from any of her songs. Some of my favorites from her are "Sowa," "Sonkolon," and "Bissa."

"Bissa" is about the desire to marry for love, not wealth or connection arranged or pressured by family. A few of the lines in English are especially powerful to me: "You reject the man that you love because he has nothing / To go after another who has material wealth / You accept another man because of his possessions / Now he’s also getting rid of you, as he has the means to."

Fatou is an amazing woman from the Ivory Coast - just read her biography. Her heart and passion reside in communicating the importance of unity and love. In between songs, she would give small descriptions in English of what the song was about, and she emphasized that all of our blood runs red.

We are all brothers and sisters, and our diversity, which is given to us by God, is a part of the beauty of the world.

At the end of the incredible show that moved me to tears (I genuinely felt like Fatou was healing me in some profound way), Fatou welcomed the audience onto the stage for a beautiful show of unity and diversity. They all danced with one another, Fatou joining everyone in the individual dance they were doing that made them who they are. She hugged them, smiled so wide, and expressed her love.

This is what I live for: activism, music, love, healing, and pure joy. Fatou, I hope to see you again soon, and I will absolutely join you in dance on stage!