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You, Africa

  • You, Africa
Genre : Musical
Type : Documentary
Original title : YOUSSOU N'DOUR TOURNEE AFRICAINE
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1994
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)

You, Africa commemorates the path-breaking 1994 tour of nine West African nations by legendary Senegalese performing artist, Youssou N'Dour. Born in the poor Medina district of Dakar in 1959, he was singing professionally in local clubs by the age of twelve. His band and back-up dancers, Super Etoile, founded in 1979, is one of the most popular in all Africa. Youssou discusses the serious political and spiritual purposes behind his music. In Wolof and French with English subtitles.

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