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.

I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.

People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others.

Listen, a lot of religions have fundamentalists.

World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.

I respect music, I do. I love it.

My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.