When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.

When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.

I really want to bring the message of love that is Islam to people; bring something new to that familiar face.

Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

I don't want to see that two-tier Senegal, that two-tier Africa, when you have those at the top and those at the bottom, people who are hungry, people who do not have enough to eat.

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

I grew up with reggae music.