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Rudy Gomis, a masterful collaborator who kept the diversity of Senegalese music alive

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par Lucy Durán, Professor of music, SOAS, University of London

The world has lost one of the great pioneers of the post-independence movement of modern popular music in Senegal. After a long illness, Rudolphe “Rudy” Clément Gomis – co-founder of the famous Orchestra Baobab, bandleader, composer, singer and percussionist – passed away on 27 April 2022 aged 75 in his native city, Ziguinchor, the capital of the Casamance region in southern…

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