Youssou N Dour Research Paper

Youssou N’ Dour was born October 1, 1959. He was born in Dakar which is located in Senegal. At the age of 12 is when he began to perform and eventually started playing with the star band (A popular band in Dakar at the time). Based off of the way that he was brought up, he saw his identity as modern griot. In 1979, he came up with his own group by the name of “The Etoile de Dakar”. This group was in Latin style and it was popular all over Africa. During the 90’s he opened his own recording studio and his own record label by the name of “Jololi”. This guy is so good that he is the most celebrated African musicians known in history. His fan base comes from his mix of styles. Some of his biggest accomplishments include writing and performing the