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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2004|2004]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Africa|Africa]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Religious|Religious]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Music|Music]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Youssou | '''Artist:''' Youssou N'Dour (b. 1959) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' General public, radio stations | '''Confronting Bodies:''' General public, radio stations | ||
'''Date of Action:''' 2004 | |||
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'''Location:''' Senegal | '''Location:''' Senegal | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' D'Nour's 2004 album ''Egypt'' explores the performer's Islamic faith. The album contains tracks with names such as Allah and Touba Daru Salaam. Touba is the name of a holy city in Senegal. <P> | |||
'''Description of Artwork:''' D'Nour's 2004 album | |||
'''The Incident:''' "Egypt" was accused by the media of insulting Islam by mixing religious ideas with popular music. | '''The Incident:''' "Egypt" was accused by the media of insulting Islam by mixing religious ideas with popular music. | ||
False rumors spread that Mr. NDour had brought naked women to film videos at religious sites, film director Chai Vasarhelyi told the Wall Street Journal. | False rumors spread that Mr. NDour had brought naked women to film videos at religious sites, film director Chai Vasarhelyi told the Wall Street Journal. | ||
Others objected to combining pop songs with religious themes. | Others objected to combining pop songs with religious themes.<P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' Cassettes of the album were returned to stores, and radio stations refused to play it. Consquently, it had very low sales compared to N'Dour's prior albums. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' Cassettes of the album were returned to stores, and radio stations refused to play it. Consquently, it had very low sales compared to N'Dour's prior albums. <P> | ||
Youssou N'Dour, confident that his work would win over listeners if it was given a fair hearing, played songs from the album all around the world, including Europe and the US. It eventually won a Grammy award, his first, and in the wake of this honour, many Senegalese decided to give the album another chance.<P> | |||
'''Source:''' http://www.freemuse.org/sw34109.asp | '''Source:''' http://www.freemuse.org/sw34109.asp | ||
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[[Category:Africa]] | [[Category:Africa]] | ||
[[Category:Religious]] | [[Category:Religious]] | ||
[[Category:Music]] | [[Category:Music]] | ||
[[Category:Youssou NDour]] | [[Category:Youssou NDour]] | ||
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