Youssou N'dour - Set - In London

Posted about 4 years ago
Youssou is one Africa's best and best known singers. Here's a link to his Wikipedia article.His style of music is called mbalax. He runs a great band called the "Super Etoile de Dakar" (Super Star of Dakar). He sings his songs in Wolof, French, and very occasionally in English.

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  1. Bartleby says Youssou N'dour is the last musician to have achieved the cross-over of African music to the West. (The others are Myriam Makeba in the 60sn Manu Dibango a decade later, and Mory Kanté in the 80s)
    Permalink posted 01/13/2008

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