DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer. ...

Senegal has a rich history of traditional music - and this lives on as it influences the west African country's modern music today. As a cultural researcher, I set out to explore the social and ...

In 2005, heavy rains flooded neighborhoods around Dakar, Senegal, forcing tens of thousands of people out of their homes. It was the worst downpour in decades and Babacar Niang, a rapper also known as ...

The Government of Senegal has accepted and undertaken to host the 8 th edition of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA (www.AFRIMA.org) at a joint world media conference - host country unveiling held at ...

Dakar, Senegal – In the lively neighbourhood of Medina in Dakar, horse-drawn carts jingle around crowded buses and makeshift stalls sell everything from clothes to mobile phones. In a narrow alley, ...

To the ever-growing litany of unconventional public-health campaigns (sexy cancer advertisements! film festivals about excrement!) you can add one that even Simon Cowell might love: an American ...

World-renowned Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour looks on during an interview on January 7 in Dakar. The presidential hopeful has urged world leaders to pressure incumbent Abdoulaye Wade to abandon his ...

World music icon Youssou Ndour says he plans to run in Senegal’s presidential election next month, challenging an 85-year-old incumbent whose plans to seek a third term have sparked violent protests.

Music fans in Senegal can now access their favorite songs at the touch of a fingertip thanks to a brand new service. MusikBi, which bills itself as the first legal music sales platform in Africa, ...

DAKAR, Senegal — In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer. “You ...

PIKINE, Senegal — On Senegal's peninsula, just west of Dakar, is a neighborhood that attracts hundreds of the country's most gifted musicians, artists and creatives. They all meet at Africulturban, a ...