Reviews

"A well-documented personal journey, an excellent read that will serve as a reference for many" - Wally Badarou, musician.

"An astonishing collection, a musicologist's bible" - Carlos Gébler, writer.

Author Biography

Youssou N'Dour, a rising star. This meeting was the beginning of their friendship and sparked her interest in African music and culture. When the term World Music was coined in London, Jenny was producer of the pioneering television series Rhythms of the World. In 1995, she presented African Summer on BBC 2 and produced two of the programmes: the first African ball and the documentary Africa's Rock 'n' Roll Years, a musical history of post-independence Africa. Ten years later, in 2005, she was series producer and director of the six-part BBC 2 series The African Rock 'n' Roll Years. During her time at Youssou N'Dour's company headquarters in Dakar, she accompanied a number of artists, including Cheikh Lô, Orchestra Baobab, and Pape et Cheikh.