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Wasis Diop
g, voc, *1950 SN, Dakar
Singer / Musician of World
Wasis Diop (born 1950 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese musician of international renown, known for blending traditional Senegalese folk music with modern pop and jazz. The son of a Senegalese high official and member of the Lebou ethnic group, Diop left Senegal in the 1970s to study engineering in Paris, but once there turned to music, joining a fellow Senegalese musician, Umban Ukset, in forming the band West African Cosmos. Diop left the band in 1979 to start a solo career, and over the next decade achieved some small success, particularly in partnerships with singer Marie-France Anglade of Black Heritage, and jazz saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu. It was not until the early 1990s that his career began to take off, with the success of his first album, the soundtrack to the film, Hyenes (whi
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| West African Cosmos |
Popular Tracks 
Everything (... Is Never Quite Enough) on Toxu by Wasis Diop Anna mou on De la glace dans la gazelle by Wasis Diop Ku La Soxla on Judu Bék by Wasis Diop Le passeur - Edit Radio on Everything Is Never Quite Enough - Best Of by Wasis Diop African Dream on No Sant by Wasis Diop L'ange Djibril on Judu Bék by Wasis Diop Gudi Diop on Judu Bék by Wasis Diop Let It Go - Ingmarlo & DJ Susso Remix on From Senegal to Ibiza by Wasis Diop So La La ! on Judu Bék by Wasis Diop Voyage a Paris on De la glace dans la gazelle by Wasis DiopTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judu Bék / Automobile Mobile | Wasis Diop | 2008 | Album |
| Everything Is Never Quite Enough | Wasis Diop | 2003 | Compil. |
| Toxu | Wasis Diop | 2001 | Album |
| Toxu | Wasis Diop | 1998 | Album |
| Samba Le Berger | Wasis Diop | 1998 | Single |
| No Sant / Sunshine's Better | Wasis Diop / John Martyn | 1997 | Single |
| African Dream | Wasis Diop Featuring Lena Fiagbe | 1996 | Single |
| No Sant | Wasis Diop | 1996 | Album |
| No Sant | Wasis Diop With Lena Fiagbe | 1995 | Single |
| The Lord Of The Feather | Wasis Diop | 1993 | Single |
| Hyènes | Wasis Diop | 1992 | Album |
| Ramatu | Wasis Diop | 1992 | Single |
| Maïssa | Wasis Diop | 1989 | Single |
| Waw Diere Dieuf (Thank You Very Much) | Wasis Diop | 1982 | Album |
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