Youssou NDour
By Isseu Diouf CampbellSenegalese minister, singer and songwriter Youssou NDour performed two sold out shows on September 12 and 13, 2014, at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn as part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival.
A multicultural audience made of American and nostalgic Senegalese fans who came from all corners of the country and even from Canada sang and danced to the rhythm of popular Senegalese music, MBalakh, for almost two hours.
At the end of Saturday’s concert, several of them waited patiently at BAM stage door with the hope to shake hands and take a picture with the “King of MBalakh” who never showed up.
Youssou NDour arrived in the US last week from a month and a half long European tour and is expected to perform in Atlanta on the 17th, in Dallas on the 19th, in Chicago on the 20th and finally in Columbus on the 21st.
Photo credit: Jack Vartoogian and Isseu Diouf Campbell
