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The
African Centre: Meeting place for African Culture
Senegalese paintings
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During
the XIXth century, men such as El Hadj Omar Tali, Amadou Bamba,
El Hadj Malick Sy were involved in the integration of Senegal
in the cultural Moslem world.
Later, Léopold Sedar Senghor and Cheikh
Anta Diop endeavoured to contribute to the evolution of Pan Africanism
and at the same time restore the Negro-African culture.
The first World Festival of Negro Arts, which was organized in
Dakar
in 1966 was one of the greatest events in Senegal's cultural life.
The Senegalese government is talking of a plan
to organising the second Festival of Negro Arts in 2003
THE BRIGHT STAR
OF AFRICA
Senegal
plays a key role in West Africa's arts, culture and politics, despite
its small size and population. For the last three centuries, it
has inspired poets, novelists and researchers, emerging as one of
the most significant patrons of the arts in Africa.
The
Music of Senegal
The Best Talents in the World!
Youssou
N'dour
Youssou
N'Dour is one of Africa's most important performers. His music
has reached a world wide audience through collaborations with
artists like Peter Gabriel, Neneh Cherry, and Branford Marsalis.
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Africando
The Afro-Latin dynamo
returns with a live set of great tunes. These musicians, "break
through musical borders and open the floodgates of joy, allowing
everyone to feel, breath and live the music."
Baaba
Maal
Baaba comes from humble beginnings but he has
learned and traveled and now speaks and sings of empowerment, enlightenment
and peace
Orchestra Baobab
The
most sultry, unbelievably voluptuous band in Africa in the seventies
had to be Baobab. With swirling guitars that sound like they are
buried in layers of honey, saxophones as sweet, and a rhythm section
that just never lets up, this Senegalese crew made a series of recordings
in the late seventies and early eighties that have become something
of a legend.
Mansour Seck
The
legendary guitarist of Dande Lenol occasionally steps out on his
own. Musician and singer Seck is joined by guitars, hoddu, kora,
ngoni and percussion on a series of deep roots from Senegal.
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on Ousmane Sembene: Leading writer - poet - film-maker
TRADITIONAL SENEGAL
Wide open to modernity and the outside world, Senegal, nevertheless,
remains deeply rooted in its tradition based on "Diom"
(Honour), "Teranga" (hospitality), and respect for
the elderly.
This apparent but positive contradiction makes Senegal what
it is: A Great, Diverse and very Colourful country.
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