Youssou N'Dour

One interview led to another earlier this week. I met with the assistant director of Youssou N’dour’s citizen movement known as Fekke Ma Ci Boole. In the Wolof language that means “it is because I am a witness that I play a part.” […]

The routine at these almost daily rallies goes like this: crowds gather, including local activists like Y’en a marre and the civil society activists in M23. They chat, rail against incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade, and exchange the latest news until one or more of the opposition candidates running against Wade arrives. Youssou N’dour often shows […]

N’Dour announced his candidacy Tuesday saying that he sees running for president as a “supreme patriotic duty.”

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi the director of a documentary film that focuses on Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour and his controversial 2004 album “Egypt.”

Anchor Marco Werman tells us why Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour has released two new CD’s at the same time