The eighth edition of the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) is set to take place in Dakar, Senegal on January 12-15, 2023. Senegalese music legend Youssou…
Kora master, vocalist, and composer Kimintang Mahamadou Cissoko, better known as Ablaye Cissoko, was born in 1970 in Kolda, Senegal. His first live concert with…
Ousmane Toure was born on November 19, 1955 in Kaédi, Mauritania. From 1983 to 1990, Ousmane was Toure Kunda’s lead singer. The band, at the…
Introduction In the 1970s the style that permeated Senegal’s airwaves was a fusion of Afro-Cuban elements with various local sounds rooted in Senegal’s diverse cultural…
Senegalese singer-songwriter and guimbri player Nuru Kane was born and raised in Medina, Dakar, and his distinctive take on Senegalese music explores the connections between…
A native of Dakar, Senegal, Maria de Barros lived the first 13 years of her life in Nuakchott, Mauritania in northwest Africa. Her creative heart,…
Ismaël Lô was born on August 30, 1956 in Dogondoutchi, Niger to a Senegalese father and a Nigerien mother. The family returned to Senegal and…
Ibrahim Fall Diagne Tchokoo is a master jembe player from Senegal and has toured all over the world with the National Ballet of Senegal. His…
Senegalese percussionist and vocalist Idrissa Diop is a Peulh. The Peulhs are one of the several distinct ethnic groups in Senegal, and are nomads by…
Fallou Dieng is the elder statesman of the new generation of Senegalese artists emerging from the long shadows and rich legacy left by the country’s…