Youssou N'Dour

**Youssou N'Dour** (also known as Youssou Madjiguéne Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.

N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies. He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around the world.

In 2006, N'Dour was cast as Olaudah Equiano in the film Amazing Grace.

## Links to Kershaw

Kershaw seems to have been introduced to the music of Youssou N'Dour, by Lucy Durán, who also exposed him to other African musicians. Youssou's music was often played on Kershaw's shows, including sessions and highlights of live concerts.

## Sessions

1. Recorded: unknown. First Broadcast: 08 October 1994. Repeated: 03 March 1996

* Mbencuel / Chimes Of Freedom / Shaking The Tree / Mandela

2. Recorded: unknown. First Broadcast: 31 July 2005

* Set / Birima

## Live

Recorded at the Amnesty International concert, Paris 10-12-98. First Broadcast: 27 May 1999

1. Barima
2. Shaking The Tree
3. Seven Seconds

Recorded at the Africa Live: the Roll Back Malaria Concert, held in Dakar, Senegal. First Broadcast: 04 September 2005. Repeated: 23 July 2006

1. Cheikh Ibra Fall
2. Touba -Daru Salaam
3. Roll Back Malaria
4. Set

## Other Shows Played

1989
* 17 December 1989: The Lion / Gaïende (album - The Lion) Virgin V 2584

1990
* 26 August 1990: Sinebar (album - Set) Virgin

1992
* 19 January 1992: Live TV (Cassette - Xippi)

1993
* 25 September 1993 (Etoile De Dakar): Absa Gueye (album - Volume 1 - Absa Gueye) Stern's Africa ‎– STCD 3004
* 30 October 1993 (Etoile De Dakar): N'Guiro Na (album - Volume 1 - Absa Gueye) Stern's Africa ‎– STCD 3004
* 13 November 1993 (Etoile De Dakar): Mane Kouma Khol Thi Yao (album - Volume 1 - Absa Gueye) Stern's Africa ‎– STCD 3004

1994
* 08 January 1994 (Etoile De Dakar): N'Guiro Na (CD - Absa Gueye) Stern's Africa
* 07 May 1994 (Etoile De Dakar featuring El Hadji Faye): Diokhama Say Ne Ne (CD - Volume 2 : Thiapathioly) Stern's Africa
* 11 June 1994: Tourista (album - Wommat)
* 17 September 1994: Leaving (Dem) (CD - The Guide (Wommat)) Columbia
* 22 October 1994: Chimes Of Freedom (CD - The Guide (Wommat)) Columbia

1997
* 02 February 1997: Birima (CD - Lii !) Jololi

1998
* 12 January 1998: Casamanca (CD - So Why?) Gallo

   1999
* 06 May 1999 (& Alan Stivell): A United Earth (v/a CD - From Dublin To Dakar) Putumayo
* 12 August 1999: Mo Lee Nekh (CD - Special Fin d'Annee) Promotional
* 19 August 1999: Birima (CD - Special Fin d'Annee) CD Promo
* 23 September 1999: Birima (CD - Special Fin d'Annee) (Available only from African import shops)
* 18 November 1999: Birima (CD - Special Fin dAnnee) Promotional Copy
* 02 December 1999: Please Wait (CD - Joko) Columbia
* 02 December 1999: Baykat (CD - Joko) Columbia

2000
* 06 January 2000: Birima (Wyclef Jean Remix) (CD - Joko) Columbia
* 10 February 2000: Birima (CD - Joko) Columbia
* 02 March 2000: Beykat (CD - Joko) Columbia
* 18 May 2000: Birima (CD - Joko) Columbia

2002
* 24 May 2002: Moor Ndaje (CD - Ba Tay) Jojoli
* 22 November 2002: Tan Bi (CD - Nothing's In Vain (Coono Du Réér)) Nonesuch

2003
* 21 March 2003: Chimes Of Freedom (CD - The Guide (Wommat)) Columbia
* 19 October 2003: Lang (CD - Youssou N'Dour And His Friends) Éditions Jade

2004
* 28 March 2004: Cheik Ibra Fall (CD - Egypt) Nonesuch
* 30 May 2004: Tijaniyya (CD - Egypt) Nonesuch
* 28 November 2004: Tijaniyya (CD - Egypt) Nonesuch

2005
* 27 March 2005: Chimes Of Freedom (CD - The Guide (Wommat)) Columbia
* 15 May 2005 (& Le Super Etoile): Djiebanne (CD - Bercy 2004 Vol, II) Jojoli
* 28 August 2005: Fakastalu (CD - Hey You!) Nascente
* 04 September 2005: Tan Bi (CD - Nothing's in Vain) Nonesuch

2006
* 23 July 2006: Tan Bi (CD - Nothing's in Vain) Nonesuch

2022
* Andy Kershaw Podcast Episode 17: Chimes Of Freedom (CD - The Guide (Wommat)) Columbia

2023
* Andy Kershaw Podcast Episode 20: Tourista (album - The Guide (Wommat)) Columbia

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