DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The family of a well-known Senegalese drummer says that Doudou Ndiaye Rose has died at the age of 85. His family told state television that Rose became ill and died Wednesday ...

When our country trudged forth into war with Iraq, hundreds of prominent actors, artists and musicians were quick to display some form of protest, be it a newly penned song, a heartfelt message on a ...

While the music scene in Senegal was once dominated by other countries, Senegalese contemporary music managed to take off nationally in the early 1970s before gaining global recognition between 1980 ...

Pape Diouf is a master of Mbalax, a kinetic and irrepressible fusion of Western influences — soul, jazz, Latin, the works — with the traditional drumming of sabar, a Senegalese instrument once used to ...

I live in Dakar and am certainly present on the scene. Living there gives me a certain inspiration; it allows me to keep my passion for music alive. There’s a lot of great young talent in Dakar. Every ...

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