Word: boul
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Musicians performing in different languages often strike similar chords. Listen to the intense, undulant wail of Assane Ndiaye on the song Nguisstal, a track on Streets of Dakar: Generation Boul Fale, a compilation of young Senegalese acts. Boul fale is a Wolof phrase that means, loosely, "Never mind." The American punk group Nirvana's seminal album of teen angst was also titled Nevermind. Alienation, it seems, is a nation without borders...