Senegal Entertainment News

As she enters the room, she is fiercely working a clingy hot-pink dress and wearing a smile so bright, it's as if she has swallowed the sun. The daughter of an R&B singer, Alice Tan Ridley, and a Senegalese cabdriver...

I'm fine as wine in the summertime' She's 81 and growing frail, but revered author and poet Maya Angelou has lost none of her legendary wisdom and humour. In a rare interview, she explains why she's not about to retire...

T hose accustomed to the pure combustion of West Africa’s mbalax (think Youssou N’Dour) will be struck by the ease and grace of the lesser-known fula style championed by Balde. Written to showcase lyrics of praise and instruction typical of...

Salif Diao believes that Stoke are now more popular than Manchester United in his home land of Senegal. The Potters are known for having several African players at the club including 4 Senegalese players. Talking to the Sentinel Diao said...

Cheikh Lô, onyx-eyed, dreadlocked, rainbow-robed, spliff firmly wedged between bony expressive fingers, is telling me a story in scattergun bursts: "So the French started spreading fear to subdue the people. They rounded up 78 of the leading marabouts [holy men]...

Akon 's baby mother is still allegedly chasing behind her ex for child support payments, but according to Akon she needs to look harder. Farrah Coleman, the mother of one of Akon's kids, claims the Senegal-born singer hasn't been paying...

Senegalese singer Baaba Maal holds a conversation about issues facing Africa. Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has been speaking to the world through his musical stories of Africa. Maal takes a moment away from the music to bring his socially conscious...