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Youssou N'Dour – Nothing's In Vain (Coono Du Réér) / Nonesuch Audio CD 2002 / 7559-79654-2
UPC 075597965421
Youssou N'Dour (French: [jusu (ɛ)nduʁ]; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa. From April 2012 to September 2013, he was Senegal's Minister of Tourism.
N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians (including the Wolof) as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies. He is the subject of the award-winning films Return to Gorée (2007) directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud and Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love (2008) directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, which were released around the world.
In 2006, N'Dour was cast as Olaudah Equiano in the film Amazing Grace.
Label: | Nonesuch – 7559-79654-2 |
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Format: |
CD, Album
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Country: | Europe |
Released: | 2002 |
Genre: | Rock, Folk, World, & Country |
Style: | Pop Rock, African |
Tracklist:
1 |
Tan Bi |
3:59
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2 | Moor Ndaje |
4:15
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3 | Li Ma Weesu |
3:54
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4 | Genné |
4:09
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5 | La Femme Est L'Avenir De L'Amour |
3:51
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6 | Mbëggëël Noonu La |
4:59
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7 | Il N'y A Pas D'Amour Heureux |
2:15
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8 | Sagal Ko |
3:36
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9 | C'Est L'Amour |
3:43
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10 | Doole |
5:50
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11 | So Many Men |
5:14
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12 | Yaru |
4:15
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13 | Africa, Dream Again |
3:13 |
- Coordinator [Editorial] – Gregg Schaufeld
- Design – John Gall
- Executive-Producer – David Bither (2), Michelle Lahana
- Mastered By – Greg Calbi
- Photography By – Marco Di Lauro, Matjaz Krivic, Seth Taras
- Producer – Habib Faye (tracks: 1-10, 12), Youssou N'Dour (tracks: 1-10, 12)
- Supervised By [Production] – Karina Beznicki
- Transcription By [Wolof], Translated By [English From Wolof] – Dieynaba Gaye
- Translated By [English From French], Executive-Producer – Thomas Rome