

27/10/2007
Because jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the slave route and the music they created, in search of new inspiration. Accompanied by the blind Swiss pianist Moncef Genoud and the Director of the Gorée House of Slaves Museum, Joseph N'Diaye, the Senegalese singer wrote new songs during this initiatory voyage which took him to the USA then to Europe. At Gorée, an island just off the Senegalese coast and symbol of the slave trade, his memorable concert marked the end of this quest and the start of a new challenge: making today's generation aware of the tragedy of slavery, the importance of not forgetting and the need for reconciliation.

Youssou N'Dour
as Self

Moncef Genoud
as Self

Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye
as Self

Idris Muhammad
as Self

Pyeng Threadgill
as Self

Grégoire Maret
as Self

Amiri Baraka
as Self

Ernie Hammes
as Self

Wolfgang Muthspiel
as Self

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
as Self

Karfa Diallo
as Self

James Cammack
as Self
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