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Youssou N'Dour
Global music icon; voice of mbalax
The griot's heir who took Senegal's sound to the world.
The rise
Rising from Dakar's working-class Medina, N'Dour fused traditional Wolof rhythms into mbalax and became one of Africa's most acclaimed musicians.
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