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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 ...

The father of Senegalese gangsta rap for the past 15 years and a dogged activist, the singer has been held in prison since 24 January for “spreading fake news and making death threats”. “No amount of ...

This week: Nora Ephron on writing and directing the new film Julie And Julie, a profile of a socially committed Senegalese rap pioneer, and a truly hilarious look back at a British TV series on acting ...

Ben Herson flew to Dakar, Senegal, in 1998 on a quest for a drumming teacher. His imagined guru never materialized, but at a city market he found stalls featuring Senegalese hip-hop albums, snapped up ...

Senegal's capital of Dakar remains jittery, with demonstrators and police locked in running street battles. Some of the protests have been led by... 'Enough Is Enough,' Say Senegalese Rappers ...

To average music enthusiasts, his name may not easily ring a bell. But for connoisseurs of afro-fusion rhythms, Baaba Maal is celebrated as one of Senegal’s leading performing artistes and exponent of ...