Wasis Diop (born 1950 in Dakar, Senegal) is an internationally renowned mus… Read Full Bio ↴Wasis Diop (born 1950 in Dakar, Senegal) is an internationally renowned musician known for blending traditional Senegalese folk music with modern pop and jazz.
The son of a Senegalese high official and member of the Lebou tribe, 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 and jazz saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu, but it wasn't until the early 1990s that his career began to take off with the success of his first album, the soundtrack to the film Hyenes (which had been directed by his brother, Djibril Diop Mambety).
More albums followed: No Sant in 1995, Toxu in 1998, and the compilation album Everything Is Never Quite Enough in 2004.
He lives in Paris and writes much of his music in French. Among English-speaking audiences, he's probably best known for African Dream, a single off No Sant which made it to the Top 40 list in England, and Everything is Never Quite Enough, which featured on the soundtrack to the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair.
The son of a Senegalese high official and member of the Lebou tribe, 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 and jazz saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu, but it wasn't until the early 1990s that his career began to take off with the success of his first album, the soundtrack to the film Hyenes (which had been directed by his brother, Djibril Diop Mambety).
More albums followed: No Sant in 1995, Toxu in 1998, and the compilation album Everything Is Never Quite Enough in 2004.
He lives in Paris and writes much of his music in French. Among English-speaking audiences, he's probably best known for African Dream, a single off No Sant which made it to the Top 40 list in England, and Everything is Never Quite Enough, which featured on the soundtrack to the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair.
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Wasis Diop Lyrics
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African Dream Abba Abba Gold I Have A Dream 4: 44 ---------------------…
Automobile Mobile Un matin comme les autres Un réveille qui insiste Je me réve…
De'Faal Lu wor You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you…
Defaal Lu Wor You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you…
Everything Moments take so very long Who has time to fear? Trust…
Everything (... Is Never Quite Enough) Moments take so very long who has time to fear? Trust to…
Everything (...Is Never Quite Enough) Moments take so very long, who has time to fear…
Everything Is Never Quite Enough Moments take so very long Who has time to fear? Trust…
Everything Is Not Enough Moments take so very long Who has time to fear? Trust…
Ku la Soxla Ku La Soxla molay seet. Ku La Soxla woul du la…
Kula Soxla Ku La Soxla molay seet. Ku La Soxla woul du la…
Let It Go There was a time I had worked out a plan To…
My Son When Billy had just turned eight He was all alone in…
Samba Le Berger Samba le berger Samba, samba s'en va en France Samba le berg…
Samba Le Berger - Radio Edit Samba le berger Samba, samba s'en va en France Samba le berg…
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My Inspiration!!Legendary Sir Wasis Diop❤️🎶🎶🎶🙌🙌
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Wasis le poète
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Source je motivation quand je travaille ✋✋✋wasis
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Standing ovation pour Wasis.
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THANK YOU:))