Fatou Guewel & Groupe Sope Noreyni

Fatou Guewel is currently Senegal's most popular female artist. Young, prolific and energetic, this is her international debut CD release. We have grown used to the Mande griots from Mali and Guinea over the last ten years or so. Senegalese women, however, have so far been more conspicuous by their absence. —Courtesy Calabash Music