Youssou N’Dour’s voice is one of the wonders of music, a soaring bird that has taken him around the globe from his native Dakar, Senegal, as a beloved, ever-visionary arts ambassador for more than ...

MBALAX EXPLORATIONS San Francisco’s Sonny Smith improvises music with Senegalese musicians on ‘The Diving Kind.’ (Photo by Stéphanie Pfister) On his latest album, The Diving Kind, Sonny Smith of San ...

For many people, life is a maze that they navigate the best they can—unaided by the guiding hand of destiny. For a much smaller number, the clear course of their life presents itself early on. Take ...

Before they met, made music, raised children, and won awards together, Senegalese–Swedish duo Maher and Sousou Cissoko came from parallel worlds. Today, they are united by one glaring similarity: ...