Cheikh Lô

male
Cheikh N'Digel Lô is a Senegalese musician. He was born in the town of Bobo Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. Lô began playing drums and singing at an ea...
Amadou Bamba

Amadou Bamba

male, deceased (1927)
Ahmadou Bamba, Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké, muslim Sufi religious leader in Senegal, founder of the large Mouride Brotherhood (the "Muridiyya"). S...
Mor Thiam

Mor Thiam

male
Mor Thiam (born Mor Dogo Thiam in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese drummer, cultural historian, and entertainment consultant. His surname is...
Mayra Andrade

Mayra Andrade

female
Mayra Andrade (born in Havana, Cuba in 1985) is a Cape Verdean singer who lives and records in Paris, France. Born in Cuba of Cape Verdean parents,...
Fatou Diome

Fatou Diome

female, 41 years old
Fatou Diome (born 1968 in Niodior) is a Senegalese writer. She was born in Niodior on the island of the same name in the Sine-Saloum Delta. At the...
Doudou N'Diaye Rose

Doudou N'Diaye Rose

male, 81 years old
Doudou N'Diaye Rose (b. Dakar, Senegal, 1928) is the most famous Senegalese drummer, and one of the most renowned African musicians of the 20th...
Boubacar Boris Diop

Boubacar Boris Diop

male, 63 years old
Boubacar Boris Diop (born 1946 in Dakar) is a Senegalese writer. His most recent work, "Murambi, le livre des ossements" (Murambi: The Book of...

Amara Traoré

male, 44 years old
Amara Traoré is a Senegalese football player. He played for several teams, including SC Bastia, FC Gueugnon, FC Metz, all in France. He played for S...
Birago Diop

Birago Diop

male, deceased (1989)
Birago Ishmael Diop was a Senegalese poet and storyteller, active writer in the Négritude movement in the 1930s, as well as a veterinarian and d...
Souleymane Camara

Souleymane Camara

male, 26 years old
Souleymane Camara (born December 22, 1982) is a Senegalese football player. He played for AS Monaco in France and now plays for OGC Nice. He plays...