Youssou Ndour

Youssou Ndour is basically the king of the Senegalese music scene. The tabloids are filled with news about his divorce, and even the divorces of his brothers (yes the man is so famous that even his brothers get shine). Everything he touches turns to gold. People here claim that even if he just shouts you out on a record you are going platinum. He released an album recently and not a day goes past that I don’t hear at least one of his songs. I think this is the song. Of course if I weren’t on a computer that was “built for Windows ‘98” I might be able to hear the song and let you know if this was really it. But it looks right. The other big craze down here is this song called “Bolokas” which is the Wolof-ized version “blocage.” It is accompanied by its own dance which you can hopefully see here.