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Communal Grooves Are Unstoppable on Aba Diop’s ‘Revolution Sabar’

Communal Grooves Are Unstoppable on Aba Diop’s ‘Revolution Sabar’

Aba Diop’s commanding voice soars at an electrifying pitch on every song, calling out local histories, genealogies, and moral messages: a human archive.

Postcolonial Re-imaginings in Mambèty’s ‘Touki Bouki’

Postcolonial Re-imaginings in Mambèty’s ‘Touki Bouki’

Restored by the World Cinema Project and now available from The Criterion Collection, Djibril Diop Mambéty's cheeky critique of colonialism, Touki Bouki (Journey of the Hyena) reveals a great act of myth-making.

Senegal’s Most Famous Singer Youssou N’Dour Shares His ‘History’

Senegal’s Most Famous Singer Youssou N’Dour Shares His ‘History’

Senegalese legend Youssou N'Dour sings of past and present with his golden voice on new release History.

Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès: Aw Sa Yone Vol. I

Nuru Kane: Exile

Royal Band De Thies: Kadior Demb

Carlou D: Muzikr

Baaba Maal + Playing for Change: 14 June 2010 – New York

Daby Balde: Le Marigot Club Dakar

Baaba Maal: Television

Ablaye Cissoko & Volker Goetze:Sira

Seckou Keita Quintet, SKQ: The Silimbo Passage