Senegal News 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: Spotify for Africa? Senegal launches homegrown music download service
Music fans in Senegal can now access their favorite songs at the touch of a fingertip thanks to a brand new service. MusikBi, which bills itself as the first legal music sales platform in Africa, ...
News Senegal » Music: The rap thesis that forever linked a Chapel Hill academic to Senegal
For six months, Ali Colleen Neff, a doctoral candidate in communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, had worked with advisers from the African and African-American studies ...
News Senegal » Music: Sufi Music, Circus, Senegal and Bonobos
There’s an interesting multicultural and even multi-species community event involving incredible live music and circus performance coming up on April Fools’ Day this year, the eight annual Karmic ...
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: Senegal’s Sahad, radiant champion of ‘musical pan-Africanism’
A songwriter, guitarist, singer and founder of his eponymous band SAHAD, the musician has been called the “Senegalese James Brown.” Senegalese artist Sahad ...
News Senegal » Music: Senegal music star Ndour makes bid for presidency
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- World music icon Youssou Ndour says he plans to run in Senegal's presidential election next month, challenging an 85-year-old incumbent whose plans to seek a third term have ...