Recently, his participation in campaigns to get across the importance of vaccinations and AIDS awareness lured thousands of children to clinics, where previous tries had fizzled. Now, N'Dour's collaboration with the West has taken a new turn toward jointly improving the state of technology in the Third World. His Joko Project is scheduled to go live next April with cybercaf s, computer stations, and website content and will be staffed locally throughout Senegal, said Tiffany Lee Brown, creative director of the project. N'Dour's name will attract cynical venture capitalists, because he is well-respected internationally. He has a lot of money and could have chosen to live in Europe, Africa be damned.
Music is at the heart of African culture.
The children and the young men and women of Senegal want to be a part of it. They can do these things at Joko Clubs, where they will develop skills that can create jobs and opportunities. Nine public-access Joko Club cybercaf s with wired computer centers in Senegalese cities. Nine Joko Station computer stations in expatriate Senegalese communities around the world. Having public-access computer centers acknowledges that very few Senegalese can afford the equipment for a home Internet account.