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 ...

Senegal has a rich history of traditional music - and this lives on as it influences the west African country's modern music today. As a cultural researcher, I set out to explore the social and ...

The lyrics: “Showing affection does not equate with being weak.” “The dragon can break open four cheese makers with his power alone.” The album: “Specialist in All Styles.” The artists: Orchestra ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senegal's Takeifa is a family affair: the five siblings belt out hard rock in Wolof and boast the country's only female professional bass player. Jac, Cheikh and Maah Keita talk to RFI about their new ...

"Ca nous fait swinguer" — love that swing, says an aficionado at the Dakar Goree Jazz Festival as the tempo shifts from Senegalese jazz to salsa and blues. Aissatou Niang says she's enchanted and ...

A mix of locals and music fans were watching silently or dancing, framed by the branches of the giant fromager (kapok) tree that marks the centre of the Senegalese village of Diembering, as hip-hop ...