1994
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↑ See it on the mapDakar
Senegal
Wolof and French bars · sabar percussion · protest rap
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Senegal has one of the oldest and most nakedly political rap scenes anywhere. Positive Black Soul took Wolof-language rap to European stages in the mid-90s, and in 2011 the rapper-led Y'en a Marre movement registered a generation of young voters and helped vote a sitting president out of office.
Bloodline · 1 stop from The Bronx
- 1973The Bronx
- 1994Dakar
TransferParis
New York records reached Senegal through France, and landed in a country with a thousand-year-old tradition of rhythmic spoken praise and insult. Rappers here have never had to argue that it belongs.
Positive Black SoulY'en a MarreAfriculturban
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