Summary: With an avant-garde sensibility and a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambťy paints a fractured portrait of the disenchantment of postindependence Senegal in the early 1970s in his feature debut.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Contents: Yerimayo celebration -- Freak out (feat. The Very Best) -- Ndungi ruumi -- Agreement -- Boboyillo (feat. Rougi) -- Mbeda welaa (feat. Paco Lenol) -- Casamance nights.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Summary: Ears of the People is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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Contents: Mariama / Fangóól (4:35) -- Africa / Orchestre G.M.I.:Groupement Mobil d'Intervention (6:51) -- Thiely / Orchestre Bawobab (4:59) -- Bour siné / Le Saourouba de Louga (3:47) -- Viva marvillas / King N'Gam et Les Perles Noires (5:34) -- Massani cissé / Orchestre Laye Thiam (5:48) -- El carretero / Amara Touré et Le Star Band de Dakar (5:22) -- Niko Medina : tropical jazz (4:40) -- Kokorico /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Summary: After jobless Ibrahima Dieng receives a money order for 25,000 francs from a nephew who works in Paris, news of his windfall quickly spreads among his neighbors, who flock to him for loans even as he finds his attempts to cash the order stymied in a maze of bureaucracy, and new troubles rain down on his head. An adaptation of a novella by the director himself is a bitterly ironic depiction of a...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Summary: Ousmane Semb̀ne was a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout who became the self-taught father of African cinema who fought enormous odds to return African stories to Africa.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Bjorklund, Ruth

Summary: Jutting westward into the Atlantic Ocean, Senegal is continental Africas westernmost country. Readers will cross the dry desert sands of the Sahara, walk the streets of Dakar, and make their way through dense tropical rainforests as they explore this amazing country and learn about its history, government, and economy. They will also learn about life in Senegal, from what the average school day...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019

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Lô, Cheikh.

Contents: Sou (3:03) -- Lamp fall (4:32) -- Xalé (4:12) -- Kelle magni (4:08) -- Sénégal-Brésil (4:24) -- Sante yalla (4:36) -- Toogayu m'bedd (3:58) -- N'galula (3:49) -- Sama kaani xeen̄ (4:29) -- Bambo mô woor (3:48) -- Fattaliku dëmb (3:09) -- Kelle magni (encore) (4:00) -- Zikroulah (2:43).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Circuit 2005

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Contents: Foulo -- Fayinkounko -- Natalia -- Magnokouto -- Mariama -- Woulinewa -- Sey -- Caravana -- Douga -- Alekouma.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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Aylon, Ben

Contents: Xalam (feat. Doudou Ndiaye Rose) (4:56) -- Hulem belibe (Feat. Aveva) (4:20) -- SeneGambia (part 1) (1:53) -- SeneGambia (part 2) (6:24) -- Alafia (feat. Khaira Arby) (4:05) -- Benn takamba (6:22) -- Jonibenina (feat. Amy Sacko) (4:52) -- Café Touba (4:25) -- Mon lov (5:43).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Bush, Keisha

Summary: "Marabout Ahmed, is a highly regarded Koranic teacher who runs a religious school for young boys in the capital city where Ibrahimah is sent to join his cousin Etienne to study for a year--the local custom for many families. Six-year-old Ibrahimah loves swiping pastries from his mother's kitchen, harvesting green beans with his father, and racing down to the beach after the mosque in search of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020

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Summary: Touki bouki: "A vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. ... two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2013

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Diop, Aby Ngana.

Contents: Dieuleul-dieuleul -- Ndame -- Yaye penda mbaye -- Liital -- Sapaly -- Ndadje.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Awesome Tapes From Africa 2014

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Lô, Cheikh.

Contents: Boul di tagale (6:07) -- Né la thiass (4:25) -- Ndogal (5:24) -- Doxandeme (6:04) -- Sant Maam (4:46) -- Set (5:26) -- Cheikh Ibra Fall (4:30) -- Bamba sunu goorgui (4:52) -- Guiss guiss (4:36).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 1996

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Summary: A now-rich woman returns to her poor desert hometown to propose a deal to the populace: her fortune, in exchange for the death of the man who years earlier abandoned her and left her with his child. A film of sinister, mocking laughter, and a biting satire of a contemporary Senegal whose post-colonial dreams are faced with erosion by western materialism.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Summary: In this 80-minute documentary, three 10-year old children leave their native countries to participate in one of the Islamic world's most famous competitions, a test of memory and recitation known as The International Holy Koran Competition. As the competition reaches its climax, Koran By Heart offers a compelling and nuanced glimpse into some of the pressures faced by the next generation of...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: HBO Home Entertainment 2011

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Summary: In a fictional African country, a rich, self-made businessman and member of the post-colonial ruling elite takes on a third wife to show the world his wealth, only to be stricken by a curse resulting in impotency. His efforts at getting cured lead to disasterous yet comical results.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Films 2005

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Kane, Nuru.

Contents: Toub (3:24) -- Niane (2:55) -- Colère (6:23) -- Talibe (4:26) -- Diarama (4:48) -- Gorée (5:10) -- Bamba (4:28) -- Çigil (5:37) -- Cheikh anta (4:13) -- Nabi (4:49) -- Djoloff, djoloff (4:18) -- Mariama (3:31) -- Mami (8:02).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverboat Records 2006

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Maal, Baaba.

Contents: Souka nayo (I will follow you) -- Africans unite (Yolela) / (duet with Luciano) -- Mbolo -- Cherie -- Fanta -- Guelel -- Douwayra -- Iawa -- Yiriyaro (percussion storm) -- Koni -- Lam lam.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Island Records/Palm Pictures 1998

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Orchestra Baobab

Contents: Mouhamadou Bamba (6:34) -- Boulmamine (5:54) -- Ndiawolou (6:35) -- Doomou baaya (6:38) -- Gnawou (6:31) -- Bon bon I (4:08) -- Autorail (6:59) -- Sou sedhiou (6:14) -- Ndiambaane (9:05) -- Sibou odia (13:41).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sterns Africa 1993

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N'Dour, Youssou.

Contents: Tan bi (Heat, breeze, tenderness) -- Moor ndaje (Mr. everywhere) -- Li ma weesu (As in a mirror) -- Genné (For those displaced) -- La femme est l'avenir de l'amour (Women are the future of love) -- Mbëggéél noonu la (Because love's like that) -- Il n'y a pas d'amour huereux (There is no happy love) -- Sagal ko (Honor her) -- C'est l'amour (It's love) -- Doole (Show your true mettle) -- So many...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 2002

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Orchestra Baobab

Contents: El son de llama -- On verra ça -- Tante Marie -- Africa -- El fuego -- Sibam -- Wane ma maguiss -- Thioisanne -- Mi son -- Digon gama.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Ledoux Records/Mélodie Distribution 1992

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Adjapon, Bisi

Summary: "At twenty-one, life in Senegal couldn't be better for Lola. An aspiring writer and university graduate, she has a great job, a vibrant social life, and a future filled with possibility. But fate disrupts her world when she falls for Armand, an American Marine stationed at the U.S. Embassy. Her mother, a high court judge in Ghana who endeavors to keep her anchored to home, disapproves of her...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023

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N'Dour, Youssou.

Contents: Allah -- Shukran Bamba -- Mahdiyu Laye -- Tijaniyya -- Baay Niasse -- Bamba the Poet -- Cheikh Ibra Fall -- Touba -- Daru Salaam.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Nonesuch 2004

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