Good for him. I hope other African musicians follow his example. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Fwd: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour >Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 07:18:47 EST > > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 20:22:29 EST > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: FOSG: Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour > > > > Senegal Singer Cancels N. American Tour > > > > .c The Associated Press > > > > NEW YORK (AP) - Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour has canceled his > > seven-week > > tour of North America to protest a threatened U.S.-led war on Iraq. > > > > N'Dour, who had planned to embark on a 38-city tour on March 26, issued >a > > statement Friday saying a tour of the United States would be > > ``inappropriate.'' > > > > ``It is my strong conviction that the responsibility for disarming Iraq > > should rest with the United Nations. As a matter of conscience I >question > > the United States government's apparent intention to commence war with > > Iraq,'' said the 43-year-old singer, who is also Muslim. > > > > ``I believe that coming to America at this time would be perceived in >many > > parts of the world - rightly or wrongly - as a support of this policy, >and > > that, as a consequence, it is inappropriate to perform in the U.S. at >this > > juncture.'' > > > > The Grammy-nominated N'Dour is a superstar in Senegal, a predominantly > > Muslim country. He is also a world music star in the United States and > > Europe. > > > > > > > > 03/07/03 16:14 EST > > ---------------------- > > This posting is provided without permission of the copyright owner for > > purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship, and research under the >"Fair > > Use" provisions of U.S.Government copyright laws and it may not be > > distributed further without permission of the copyright owner. The >sender > > does not vouch for the accuracy of the content of the message, which is >the > > sole responsibility of the copyright . > > > > > > > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~