Senegal News News Senegal » Music: At half a century, Senegal's Orchestra Baobab bets on new generation
Sitting on a couch in their manager's office, three of the oldest members of Senegal's Orchestra Baobab, the legendary Afro-Cuban and west African fusion group, banter like family. From the manager's ...
News Senegal » Music: In Senegal's thriving hip-hop scene, this beatmaker insists women have a seat at the table
DAKAR, Senegal — In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer. “You ...
News Senegal » Music: How Senegal's artists are changing the system with a mic and spray paint
In 2005, heavy rains flooded neighborhoods around Dakar, Senegal, forcing tens of thousands of people out of their homes. It was the worst downpour in decades and Babacar Niang, a rapper also known as ...
News Senegal » Music: Senegal’s female rappers aren’t letting obstacles get in their way – who the rising voices are
In Senegal, rap music and hip-hop culture emerged in the 1980s, driven by the urban youth. It has grown to be one of the most popular music genres in the country. But what role do female Senegalese ...
News Senegal » Music: Ismael Lo: Senegal
For every world music enthusiast who celebrates musical cross-pollination, there's a naysayer bemoaning the risk that the mix will only produce a watered-down lowest common denominator. Of course the ...
News Senegal » Music: Rudy Gomis, a masterful collaborator who kept the diversity of Senegalese music alive
The world has lost one of the great pioneers of the post-independence movement of modern popular music in Senegal. After a long illness, Rudolphe “Rudy” Clément Gomis – co-founder of the famous ...
News Senegal » Music: Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint
PIKINE, Senegal — On Senegal's peninsula, just west of Dakar, is a neighborhood that attracts hundreds of the country's most gifted musicians, artists and creatives. They all meet at Africulturban, a ...