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Issa Samb (1945–2017; also known as Joe Ouakam) painter, sculptor, performance artist, playwright, poet; Younousse Sèye (born 1940) mixed media artist, actress; described as "Senegal's first woman painter" Ousmane Sow (1935–2016) sculptor; Oumou Sy (born 1952) fashion designer
Youssou N'Dour (French: [jusu (ɛ)nduʁ], Wolof: Yuusu Nduur [juːsu ⁿd̺uːɾ]; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; [2] born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician.
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Ibra Kasse's Star Band was the most famous orchestra of the 1960s and 1970s and was a leader in the modernization of Senegalese music. Super Star de Dakar, led by Nigerian saxophonist, Dexter Johnson, spun off from the Star Band and was the other leading band in Dakar in the 1960s. Both played a style that was heavily influenced by Cuban music ...
The House of Urban Culture sees a rotating crew of anyone and everyone part of Senegal’s burgeoning hip-hop scene — rappers, slam poets, skaters and even the graffiti artists whose works adorn ...
Nico Kasanda (a.k.a. "Dr. Nico") - a pioneer of soukous music; Omar Khorshid - Influential Egyptian pioneer guitar virtuoso who accompanied many singers, including Farid Al Atrash, Umm Kulthum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, and Abdel Halim Hafez. Habib Koité - vocalist and guitarist from Mali; Ismaël Lô - Senegalese musician and actor
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