Senegalese singer, songwriter, and bandleader Youssou N'Dour (born 1959) is a leading proponent of World Music, combining traditional music from his homeland with Western popular culture, Cuban rhythm...
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Opposition leaders canceled a political demonstration that many feared would turn violent on Friday after Youssou N'Dour interceded.N'Dour called key members of the opposition and persuaded them to...
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President Bush is a celebrity in his own right, but he took time Wednesday to gaze at some stars.Bush met with Irish rocker and anti-poverty activist Bono, music producer Sir Bob Geldof and Senegal...
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Rostock, Germany (dpa) - Rock stars Bono and Bob Geldof joined
bands from Germany and other countries on Thursday in an anti-poverty
concert staged to send a musical message...
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Johannesburg (dpa) - Top international artists have agreed to
perform at a concert in Johannesburg on December 1 in aid of people
living with HIV/AIDS, former South African ...
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Today is Monday, Oct. 1, the 274th day of 2007. There are 91 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 1, 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T automobile to the market.On this d...
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Belalanda, Madagascar (dpa) - In Belalanda, a small village of
reed huts in south-west Madagascar women in wrap dresses, their faces
smeared with a skin-lightening face pack...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6:Sept. 30: Actress Deborah Kerr is 86. Actress Angie Dickinson is 76. Singer Cissy Houston is 74. Singer Johnny Mathis is 72. Actor Len Cariou is ...
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In one commercial, a mother says she hasn't seen her son since he left eight months ago. The scene cuts to a young man laying face down on a rocky shore, as Senegal's most famous troubadour says, "...
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Michael Apted’s Amazing Grace, from a screenplay by Steven Knight, turns out to be blessed with inspirational nobility and comic eccentricity—the former provided by an edifying narrativ...
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Youssou N'Dour
N'Dour intervenes to avert violence
