Pre-show Talk with Curtis Andrews
This is a free event for Youssou N'Dour ticket holders only. Space is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
Presented by the Chan Centre
This pre-show talk, entitled The Music That Made the Man: Youssou N’Dour, Mbalax and Beyond, will focus on the musical scope of Youssou N’Dour, Senegal’s “King of Mbalax” and a true global music phenomenon.
A journey of how a praise-singing musician from the streets of Dakar has developed from playing in nightclubs into one of Africa’s most popular musicians with international reach, to enterprising businessman, philanthropist, and eventually into a politician who once ran for the presidency of Senegal.
Curtis Andrews is a a performing scholar. A PhD student in Ethnomusicology at UBC, he performs and studies drumming from Southern India, music and dance from Ghana/Togo/Benin, and Zimbabwean mbira dzavadzimu. He continues to act as a percussionist/producer/composer/sideman/bandleader in a myriad of musical styles and contexts, while balancing active scholarship.
