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<p>Youssou N’Dour – Confession</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-confession/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-confession/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-confession/</span></a></p><p>“Confession” is the 2nd track released from Youssou N’Dour’s album “History” in 2019, with songs featuring Seinabo Sey &amp; Babatunde Olatunji.</p><p><a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a></p>

<p>Youssou N’Dour – Habib Faye</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-habib-faye/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-habib-faye/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-habib-faye/</span></a></p><p>Habib Faye is from Youssou N’Dour’s EP “Respect” in 2018 (released in Sénégal) and album “History” in 2019.</p><p><a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a></p>

<p>Youssou N’dour – Yitte</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-seeni-valeurs-yitte/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-seeni-valeurs-yitte/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-seeni-valeurs-yitte/</span></a></p><p>Titre issu de l’album “Seeni Valeurs” sorti au Sénégal en 2017, “Yittè” parle des relations humaines, de l’harmonie sociale et de la famille…</p><p><a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a></p>

<p>Pape Diouf - Ô Kino Koor<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo1XVplTQSo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo1XVplTQSo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo1XVp</span><span class="invisible">lTQSo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a></p>

<p>Xalam – Festival Horizonte</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-festival-horizonte-berlin-79/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-festival-horizonte-berlin-79/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-festiv</span><span class="invisible">al-horizonte-berlin-79/</span></a></p><p>Xalam is a Senegalese band that’s known for its Jazz Fusion, mixing western instrumentation with traditional African percussion and rhythms.<br>&quot;Ade&quot; is a live concert recorded at Festival Horizonte in Berlin in 1979.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>Xalam &amp; Doudou N’diaye Rose</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-live-doudou-ndiaye-rose/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-live-doudou-ndiaye-rose/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/xalam-live-d</span><span class="invisible">oudou-ndiaye-rose/</span></a></p><p>Xalam is a Senegalese band that’s known for its Jazz Fusion, mixing western instrumentation with traditional African percussion and rhythms.</p><p>Xalam performing Kaniane (from album Apartheid – 1985) on April 30th, 2009, at the Iba Mar Diop Stadium in Dakar Senegal, with special special guest Doudou N’Diaye Rose.</p><p><a href="/tags/drums/" rel="tag">#Drums</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>Etoile de Dakar – Thiapathioly</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-de-dakar-thiapathioly/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-de-dakar-thiapathioly/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-de-da</span><span class="invisible">kar-thiapathioly/</span></a></p><p>Etoile de Dakar Feat. Youssou N’Dour &amp; El Hadji Faye<br>Etoile de Dakar – Vol. 2</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Cheikh Lô – Maame</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-maame-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-maame-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-ma</span><span class="invisible">ame-2025/</span></a></p><p>Celebrating 50 years in music, Cheikh Lô returns in 2025 with his brand-new album “Maame.”After a decade long wait since his last studio album, the Senegalese legend returns.<br>Named after his spiritual guide Maame Massamba Ndiaye, the album is not only a tribute but a spiritual and political offering. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/salsa/" rel="tag">#Salsa</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a></p>

<p>Ismaël Lô – Jelebi</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ismael-lo-jelebi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ismael-lo-jelebi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ismael-lo-je</span><span class="invisible">lebi/</span></a></p><p>Jelebi is found on Ismaël Lô’s solo album Diawar in 1989. Ismaël Lô is a Senegalese musician, born in Dogondoutchi in Niger in 1956.</p><p>“Jeele Bi” with Super Diamono in 1988 on cassette “Jigeenu Ndakaru.”</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès – Short documentary</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dieuf-dieul-thies-promo-documentary/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dieuf-dieul-thies-promo-documentary/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dieuf-dieul-</span><span class="invisible">thies-promo-documentary/</span></a></p><p>The band Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès did not manage to release any of its recordings for 30+ years. Here’s a short documentary for the release of “Aw Sa Yone Vol. 2” in 2015, after Vol. 1 in 2013.</p><p>On Vol. 1 the tracks were well divided among three singers: Assane Camara with his unique style, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Youssou N’Dour – YaaKaar (Hope)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-yaakaar-hope-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-yaakaar-hope-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-yaakaar-hope-live/</span></a></p><p>The song “Hope”, also known as “Yaakaar”, was released on Youssou N’Dour’s album “Eyes Open” in 1992.</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a></p>

<p>Guiss Guiss Bou Bess – Jigueenu Africa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/guiss-guiss-bou-bess-jigueenu-africa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/guiss-guiss-bou-bess-jigueenu-africa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/guiss-guiss-</span><span class="invisible">bou-bess-jigueenu-africa/</span></a></p><p>Guiss Guiss Bou Bess mixes Sabar drums, Mbalax influences &amp; electronic beats in “Jigueenu Africa,” meaning “African Women.”</p><p><a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Youssou N’Dour – Set Live</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-set-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-set-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-set-live/</span></a></p><p>Set (meaning “clean”) is a song and eponym album by the Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, released in 1990, that in part inspired the Senegalese youth movement Set-Setal, which sought to beautify Dakar. Here’s Set live @ Bataclan in Paris in 2017.</p><p><a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90smusic</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Super Diamono – Sofia</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-diamono-sofia-ismael-lo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/super-diamono-sofia-ismael-lo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/super-diamon</span><span class="invisible">o-sofia-ismael-lo/</span></a></p><p>Super Diamono or Super Diamono de Dakar was a ten-member band from Dakar, Senegal. Sofia appears on a cassette “Vol. 5” in 1981 with Ismaël Lô.</p><p>It was formed around 1975. Omar Pene was a founding-member.It started with traditional West African music, but quickly turned to an Afro-Cuban and pop-influenced sound.<br>In 1979, Ismaël Lô, a […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>Youssou N’Dour et le Super Etoile de Dakar – Mouye Ma</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-super-etoile-dakar-mouye-ma/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-super-etoile-dakar-mouye-ma/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-super-etoile-dakar-mouye-ma/</span></a></p><p>Fondé par Youssou N’dour et ses fidèles musiciens après la scission de l’Etoile de Dakar, le Super Etoile de Dakar a su révolutionner à partir de 1979 le Mbalax, rythme cher aux Wolofs, créant de nouvelles danses pour accompagner ce style musical.</p><p>Le mbalax est un style musical organisé comme le croisement d’instruments [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a></p>

<p>Youssou N’Dour – Casamança</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-casamanca/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-casamanca/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-casamanca/</span></a></p><p>“Casamança” first appeared on a cassette for the Senegalese market, Diapason + 95, a recording of a live concert with le Super Etoile.The song revisits the musical basis Youssou N’Dour used the year before while covering Bob Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom for Amnesty International.</p><p>Casamança was later recorded in studio and appears on a special […]</p><p><a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Chimes of Freedom – Youssou N’dour</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/chimes-freedom-youssou-ndour/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/chimes-freedom-youssou-ndour/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/chimes-freed</span><span class="invisible">om-youssou-ndour/</span></a></p><p>“Chimes of Freedom” is a cover by Youssou N’Dour of the song by Bob Dylan (1964) in Wolof. It is also the musical basis for the song Casamança.</p><p>Below: Live version for Amnesty International’s “Human Rights Now!” Tour at Wembley Stadium in 1988, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/bobdylan/" rel="tag">#BobDylan</a></p>