Dakar Calling
Youssou N’Dour recently had an Op-Ed published in the Financial Times, in which he explains how only Africans can ultimately make the difference in the fight against malaria. Check it out below. You can also find the article at http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a486edbe-4ce6-11df-9977-00144feab49a.html.
Xeex on!
Adam Horowitz
Peace Corps Volunteer
Dakar, Senegal
Financial Times
Guest column: Local voices in harmony will make all the [...]
Check this out! The international news agency, AFP (Agence France-Presse), just posted this video on AFP-TV covering the Xeex Sibbiru (Fight Malaria) Song Contest! Most of the video was filmed at our Senegal Surround Sound office here in Dakar. Enjoy, and we’ll keep you posted with further updates.
Xeex on,
Adam
Last week’s concert in Ziguinchor (the capital of the Ziguinchor region in southern Senegal) went off without a hitch! There were lively performances by the Xeex Sibbiru contestants, Maam Bala of the Gambia, and of course Viviane. We saw our first female winner, Salla Dieye, take the Ziguinchor regional concert. She will be joining the [...]
The Xeex Sibbiru contest is well underway, with our first concerts taking place last weekend — in St. Louis on April 10th and Ouroussogui on April 11th. At each concert, regional finalists performed and winners were selected by a panel of judges, and the show was topped off with a late night performance by the [...]
While we’re gearing up for the Xeex Sibbiru concerts — the first one is April 10 in St. Louis, Senegal — we’ve been screening some of the demo tapes for the song contest. I have to say, we have some real talent among these submissions!
We hope to bring you some stellar footage of the concerts [...]
