What began as a late-night apartment fire investigation in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood has become a heartbreaking effort to bring a husband and father home. Cheikh Dieng, a 31-year-old ...

It's been some 10 years since Senegalese maestro extraordinaire Cheikh Lô has released an album of new songs. And for this one, he's pulled out all the stops. Maame (pronounced "mahm") is a ...

The people of Senegal are famous for their generosity. The Wolof word (Wolof is the language most widely spoken in Senegal) is “teranga,” meaning “hospitality,” and teranga is most often expressed by ...

This 29 December marks the 100th birthday of one of the most influential African scholars of the 20th century: Cheikh Anta Diop, who pioneered a new understanding of the continent's place in history ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cheikh Lô has never quite enjoyed the fame of his fellow Senegalese superstars, like his early patron Youssou N ...

Cheikh Lo is from Senagal, but his music is steeped in rhythms from all over the world. In fact, many of the rhythms for his new CD came from work he did in Brazil with producer Nick Gold, known for ...