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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...

To the ever-growing litany of unconventional public-health campaigns (sexy cancer advertisements! film festivals about excrement!) you can add one that even Simon Cowell might love: an American ...

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 ...

The world festival of black arts is planned for Dakar, Senegal, in December. It last was held in Lagos, Nigeria, in 1977. The three-week festival has been rebranded the World Festival of Black Arts ...

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 sparked violent protests.

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 ...