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19 January 2023 King of Kora Jaliba Kuyateh received an honorary fellowship from Goldsmiths, University of London at a graduation ceremony today. Jaliba Kuyateh’s award was in recognition of his work using music to improve perinatal mental health. He is the only Gambian appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for his […]
Youssou Ndour has been included in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 200 greatest singers of all time. Youssou Ndour is ranked 69th on the list, ahead of singers such as Michael Jackson and Bob Marley who are ranked 86th and 98th respectively. “It is with great honour and gratitude […]
Senegalese music has just discovered a new star. Mouhamed Vj or VJ for short is a young Senegalese artist who is making the buzz at the moment. Yesterday at the esplanade of the Grand Theatre he managed to block the traffic for hours. His concert was finally cancelled because the […]
The Senegalese international singer and composer El Hadj Beydi Baaba Maal, leader of the Dandé Lenol Music group has lost his nephew Adama Niass, on Thursday 8 December 2022. Niasse died in a car accident on the Senegalese autoroute. In the wake of this sad news, the international festival Blues […]