The Senegal Music Awards (SENMA) is an annual celebration of the best of the music industry in Senegal. The event was instituted in 2008. Awards based...
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Nominations "2022 AFRIMA Awards to be held from 8–11 December". News Ghana. October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022. "Senegal to host 8th AFRIMA, tagged...
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Youssou N'Dour (category English-language singers from Senegal)
2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism. N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians (including...
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Pape Diouf (artist) (section Awards)
musical artist from Dakar, Senegal. Initially, he was groomed by his uncle to become a plumber but he found his calling in music. At the age of 22, he joined...
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specials Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve and the American Music Awards. YouTube Music became available on Google Assistant smart speakers (including...
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All Africa Music Awards (also referred to as AFRIMA) is an annual awards event. The awards event was established by the International Committee AFRIMA...
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Dakar (redirect from Dakar, Senegal)
/ˈdækɑːr/; French: [dakaʁ]; Wolof: Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population...
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The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. The awards were founded in 1994 by Benin...
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Akon City (redirect from Akon City, Senegal)
Akon City is a planned community in the M'bour Department of Senegal by Senegalese singer and entrepreneur Akon. The project was first announced by Akon...
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Sadio Mané (category Senegal men's international footballers)
plays as a forward or winger for Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr and the Senegal national team. Known for his pressing, dribbling and speed, Mané is considered...
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Orchestra Baobab (category 1970 establishments in Senegal)
August 2022. "Sénégal". VOA (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-04-28. "Senegal's stars scoop music awards". BBC News....
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A music genre is a conventional category that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. Genre is to be...
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Maria de Barros (category Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers)
Maria de Barros (born February 3, 1961, in Dakar, Senegal) is a singer most associated with Cape Verde, the land of her parents. Growing up in Nouakchott...
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Akon (category World Music Awards winners)
Toucouleur family of Quranic scholars in Kaolack, Senegal. Akon spent a significant part of his childhood in Senegal, which he described as his "hometown". Akon...
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Cathy Guetta (category Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers)
and socialite. She is the ex-wife of DJ and music producer David Guetta. Cathy Lobé was born in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 March 1963. Her father was in the army...
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Seckou Keita (category Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers)
Senegal. He is one of the few champions of the lesser-known kora repertoire from Casamance in southern Senegal. Keita was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal...
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YouTube Premium (redirect from YouTube Music Key)
YouTube Premium (formerly Music Key and YouTube Red) is a subscription service offered by the American video platform YouTube. The service provides ad-free...
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Senegal, Italy, France and the Netherlands. In 2011, it would be one of the most recent countries to have its own music award – the Cabo Verde Music Awards...
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direct descendant of the Akonting created by the Jola people, found in Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. Hence, the melodic traditions...
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Boomplay (redirect from Boomplay Music)
ten countries; Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. In March 2019, Boomplay successfully completed...
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Viviane Ndour (category Articles with MusicBrainz identifiers)
though a few are in French, the official language of Senegal. On March 31, 2012 the label Wonda Music of producer Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis signed her to...
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the BBC's decision to end its awards program, the British world music magazine Songlines launched the Songlines Music Awards in 2009 "to recognise outstanding...
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India–Senegal relations are bilateral diplomatic relations between India and Senegal. India maintains an embassy in Dakar and Senegal in New Delhi. Although...
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Tiken Jah Fakoly (category Performers of Rastafarian music)
since 2003. In December 2007, Fakoly was declared persona non grata in Senegal after criticizing President Abdoulaye Wade. In 2009 Tiken Jah launched...
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Ludwig Göransson (category Best Original Music BAFTA Award winners)
superhero score. In order to do this he travelled to Senegal to research traditional African music and instruments. There he met musician Baaba Maal whose...
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Baka Beyond (category Celtic music groups)
programmes, and have been nominated for the BBC Radio 3 World Music listeners' awards. Baka Beyond often perform with Rinky Dink, a mobile musical sound...
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (category Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners)
Association Awards. In 2013, Vasarhelyi completed Touba, a documentary on the annual Mouride pilgrimage, the Grand Magaal in Touba, Senegal. It premiered...
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adopted by the Bamana). The Mandinka live in Mali, The Gambia and Senegal and their music is influenced by their neighbors, especially the Wolof and Jola...
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connected with music". The prize has been called the "Nobel Prize of Music" in Sweden. The awards were first presented in 1992. The recipients were Sir Paul McCartney...
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West Africa (section Music)
Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan...
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