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London is to host a giant philanthropic arts festival with Martin Scorsese, Youssou N’Dour and African Nobel Prize-winning writer Wole Soyinka.... more

Colin Powell joins hip-hop band at Africa Rising

15.10.08
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He’s gone off his Rokka

02.04.08
There is no denying that Youssou N’Dour is talented but his performance at the former Millennium Dome was not his best, says Mark Espiner.... more

Senegal's coolest are a winter warmer

20.11.07
Senegal's Orchestra Baobab is the best live band in Africa right now and demand has been so high they could have packed the Jazz Café for a week. ... more

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19.10.07
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant duets with Alison Krauss, Neil Young and Jill Scott release albums, and 1960 Max Roach classic We Insist! is reissued this week.... more

N'Dour falls short of a standout show

23.07.07
The exuberance of Youssou N'Dour's opening salvo was unrelenting in a two-hour set that built in energy, but unsatisfactorily peaked too soon.... more

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20.06.07
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Guts and gravitas

22.03.07
Amazing Grace may not be an outstanding success, but it is hardly a failure. It gives a good idea of the horrors of the slave trade, and deals with the parliamentary debates without boring.... more

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