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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thanksgiving weekend has a lot of traditions — besides turkey, there’s the parade and Black Friday shopping. Philadelphia is home to another tradition that’s decades strong. The Philly-based African ...

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 ...

For more than 50 years, orchestra Baobab has emboded the elegance of West African sounds, blending traditional Senegalese and ...

The rain stayed away for just long enough Sunday evening that the space around the stage could become a dance floor as the Music Haven Summer Concert Series kicked off for 2016 in Central Park. A few ...

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