Islam spread to sub-Saharan Africa around the ninth century, but many Westerners are only now realizing how deep-seated the religion is in countries like Mali, Mauritania and Senegal. Last month, two ...

“It Might Get Loud” gave us a celebration of musicians and their electric guitars. Now the documentary “Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love” (opened September 4 at Reading Gaslamp Stadium Theaters) ...

Senegalese singer Yossou N'Dour has positioned himself in a land of contrast. He has been recording textured albums that go out on a limb with tradition-grounded experimentalism and touring to support ...

Grammy Award-winning musician Youssou N'Dour marked his 20th anniversary as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador this week by calling for a continued push to help save and improve the lives of the most ...

The Review: If it makes sense that Youssou N’Dour kicked-off his current North American tour in the polyglot melting pot that is Miami, it makes even more sense that he did it at the behest of Miami’s ...

On his new disc, veteran Senegalese singer-songwriter Youssou N’Dour continues to contemplate issues of freedom and religious bliss over a musical template blending African and Western pop. Among ...

Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour made his name in music, and now he wants to be president of his homeland. N'Dour gained an international audience in 1994 with his hit song "Seven Seconds," with Neneh ...

Born in Dakar in 1959, N'Dour is a singer endowed with remarkable range and poise, and, as a composer, bandleader, and producer, with a prodigious musical intelligence. The New York Times has ...

Youssou N'Dour is as close to an international megastar as African musicians get, having earned first a massive fan base in his home of Senegal and then a worldwide following on the heels of his work ...

After laying low since the 1992 release of "Love Deluxe," Sade has returned to the scene with a seductive vengeance, still a major factor in the shops and able to sell out two consecutive nights at ...

Youssou N'Dour (also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling ...