- Musician | October 1, 1959 -
Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.
Youssou N'Dour
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Senegal needs a renaissance.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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Africa is the future.
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I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.
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I have studied at the school of the world.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a politician.
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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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