Senegal's Youssou Ndour appointed as Tourism and Culture Minister
World famous Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour has been appointed tourism and culture minister in the cabinet of new President Macky Sall.
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Senegal-s-Youss...
The Grammy-award winning singer, a fierce critic of former leader Abdoulaye Wade who gave up performing to campaign for Macky Sall, forms part of a slimmed down government of 25 people appointed by Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye.
One of Africa's most recognised artists, N'dour sent shock waves through the music industry when he announced in January he was giving up performing to run for president amid rising tension over the incumbent's bid for a third term in office.
However shortly afterwards the country's constitutional council rejected his candidacy on the grounds that he had failed toprovide enough valid signatures to back his application.
Youssou N'dour 's career has seen him in several roles, singer, percussionist, songwriter, composer, occasional actor and businessman. In 2004,Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa.
N'dour helped to develop a style of popular Senegalese music known in the Serer language as mbalax, which comes from the conservative Serer music tradition of "Njuup" (the progenitor of Mbalax). He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Goree directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around the world.He has toured internationally for thirty years. He won his first American Grammy Award (best contemporary world music album) for his CD "Egypt" in 2005.
N'dour is one of the most celebrated African musicians in history. His mix of traditional Senegalese mbalax with eclectic influences ranging from Cuban rumba to hip hop, jazz and soul won him an international fan base of millions.He is the proprietor of L'Observateur, one of the widest-circulation newspapers in Senegal, the radio station RFM (Radio Future Medias) and the TV channel TFM.
One of Africa's most recognised artists, N'dour sent shock waves through the music industry when he announced in January he was giving up performing to run for president amid rising tension over the incumbent's bid for a third term in office.
However shortly afterwards the country's constitutional council rejected his candidacy on the grounds that he had failed toprovide enough valid signatures to back his application.
Youssou N'dour 's career has seen him in several roles, singer, percussionist, songwriter, composer, occasional actor and businessman. In 2004,Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa.
N'dour helped to develop a style of popular Senegalese music known in the Serer language as mbalax, which comes from the conservative Serer music tradition of "Njuup" (the progenitor of Mbalax). He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Goree directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around the world.He has toured internationally for thirty years. He won his first American Grammy Award (best contemporary world music album) for his CD "Egypt" in 2005.
N'dour is one of the most celebrated African musicians in history. His mix of traditional Senegalese mbalax with eclectic influences ranging from Cuban rumba to hip hop, jazz and soul won him an international fan base of millions.He is the proprietor of L'Observateur, one of the widest-circulation newspapers in Senegal, the radio station RFM (Radio Future Medias) and the TV channel TFM.
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Senegal-s-Youss...