Youssou N'Dour's decision to run for president of his native Senegal has supporters and critics alike buzzing with anticipation. N'Dour, 52, is one of the most famous singers in the world, and his ...

Crowd puller N'Dour is surrounded by supporters at a demonstration in Independence Square, Dakar. Police used tear gas on protestersDominic Nahr / Magnum for TIME There’s a tang of tear gas in the air ...

Doha, Qatar – Youssou N’Dour sits with delicate poise on a couch in the plush lobby of the St Regis hotel, in conversation with colleagues over domestic politics, as he waits for President Macky Sall ...

Born in Dakar in 1959, N'Dour is a singer endowed with remarkable range and poise, and, as a composer, bandleader, and producer, with a prodigious musical intelligence. The New York Times has ...