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Yande Codou Sene

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Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Yandé Codou Sène (also Yande Codou Sene) was a Senegalese singer from the Serer ethnic group. She was born in 1932 at Somb in the Sine-Saloum delta and died on July 15, 2010, at Gandiaye in Sénégal. She was the official griot of president Léopold Sédar Senghor. Most of her music is in the Serer language.
Yandé Codou sings in the old Serer tradition and have had a significant impact on Senegambian music as well as artists including... more

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