Senegalese singer and songwriter Youssou N'Dour tries to create a more positive image of Islamic culture in Africa with his music. Jeffrey Brown speaks with N'Dour about his music and his message.

Youssou NDour not only has an enormous respect for the traditional music of his home country, Senegal, but views that music percussion-based, with lyrics focused on praise for the divine as the ...

Considering the popularity, it's a shame Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi didn't do more with "Youssou Ndour" than make what often feels like an elaborate DVD extra. Considering the popularity and stature of ...

The Grammy winner owns a radio station and a newspaper that routinely highlight corruption in the West African nation. By The Associated Press Youssou Ndour Speaks - H 2012 DAKAR, Senegal — World ...

Born in Dakar in 1959, N'Dour is a singer endowed with remarkable range and poise, and, as a composer, bandleader, and producer, with a prodigious musical intelligence. The New York Times has ...

“There is nothing left here!” the king of mbalax cried. The crowd roared. “This is no longer the Eldorado.” Another cheer went up from the sea of people squeezed onto the dance floor of Bercy Stadium ...

While the Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour is certainly the most famous singer in Africa, in the U.S., he’s probably still best known for his duets with Peter Gabriel (“In Your Eyes,” “Shaking the ...

There’s a tang of tear gas in the air as Youssou N’Dour pops up through the sunroof of his car. Africa’s most famous living musician is on the edge of Independence Square in downtown Dakar, Senegal, ...

Ever since he burst onto the scene in Dakar, Senegal, in the early 1970s at age 12, Youssou N'Dour has been a sensation -- a musical chameleon capable of a seductive whisper or a siren's cry. Today, N ...

Youssou N'Dour (also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling ...