If you want to make it easy for yourself, take the former Senegalese Minister of Culture and Tourism and singer Youssou N’Dour. I had a record in the 90s. It was called Set and came out around the same time he released the song 7Seconds with Neneh Cherry. A worldwide success that always fits well when it comes to racism. Youssou N’Dour is the shining light of Senegalese, if not African, music. Alongside Neneh Cherry, he has also played with Peter Gabriel and other stars and is still present in the charts today.
Senegal has around 17 million inhabitants and is located in the far west of the African continent. The capital Dakar has 1.1 million inhabitants. The national anthem calls on all inhabitants to make music with an instrument when the lion roars. Senegal’s current music scene is described in the last of the videos.
