Opening the Faculty College on Mobility and Movement
Channel: Mobility and Movement
Date: 2018-08-20

Moussa Dieng Kala offered a few songs from the diasporic Mouride Sufi order as part of the opening ceremonies of the Faculty College on Mobility and Movement held at the College of Wooster. He expounds on a short story about Amadou Bamba's (1850-1927) encounter with the colonialists.

Director and Singer Moussa Dieng Kala was born and raised in Senegal. He managed Youssou N’Dour’s recording studio in Dakar from 1991 to 1993. In 1993, he emigrated to Montreal where he was educated in film making and he discovered his talent as a singer. He has directed Has God Forsaken Africa (2008) a documentary that follows 5 young Senegalese adults seeking to emigrate to the West.