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...wheelchair-using keyboardist, will likely be crooning in Portuguese about "Comandante Che Guevara." "Music is important," says local veteran musician Amadou Bagayoko. "Every celebration is an opportunity to party." And what opportunities. La Refuge is just one gem in Bamako's brilliant music scene, which easily rivals that of Dakar, its more famous neighbor. If you're Bamako-bound, you'll find the beat here: HOTEL WASULU: Oumou Sangare, Mali's feisty feminist diva, is the resident headliner at this famous venue. From the southern Wassoulou region, Sangare casts an electrifying spell over the audience with her ethereal vocals, which...
...small, muggy room inside a whitewashed house in Dakar, the capital of the West African country of Senegal, eight artists hunch over their drawing boards, sketching scenes for a new animated television series. The Invincible Lions of Africa revolves around soccer-playing animals who teach moral lessons while "projecting positives about football and about Africa," says the cartoon's creator, Pierre Sauvalie. "Africa needs to show its stories and one of the best ways is through cartoons. Their appeal is universal." When you think about the $75 billion global animation industry, what comes to mind is the stunning computer-graphic...
...life in France, but they don't really know what goes on in French society," says Diome. An illegitimate child raised by her grandmother, Diome grew up as an outsider in her village. She left at 13 to continue her education, supporting herself by working as a housekeeper. In Dakar, she married a Frenchman and moved to France. His family didn't accept her because of the color of her skin. "At first it was hard, but then I understood that it was just another form of rejection," she says. "I already knew rejection from home." The couple divorced; Diome...
...party. He found a doozy on Friday night in Seoul, where in the first game of this year's footy fiesta, tiny Senegal toppled reigning World Cup champs France 1-0. "Today a black African nation has beat a white European champion," said Thiam, who traveled from Senegalese capital Dakar to cheer on the Lions. "There is a god, and I love...
...live in Dakar and am certainly present on the scene. Living there gives me a certain inspiration; it allows me to keep my passion for music alive. There's a lot of great young talent in Dakar. Every two or three years, I actually produce an album for someone, but I also started a record label called Jololy, and I think that with the passage of time some of these young people are going to do better than I. I listen to a lot of things in the music of today. But I also have a particular weakness...