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Youssou N’Dour | travel

Travel teaches as much as books.

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Youssou N’Dour | sad

I look at my people, and I look at those who control them – the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.

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Youssou N’Dour | religion

I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas – it’s always related to culture, to music, to religion. It is a dominant religion in Senegal.

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Youssou N’Dour | religion

Islam is a peaceful religion.

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religion Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N’Dour | religion

I’m a modern Muslim. I pray, and if I have a question, I ask someone who is more educated in the religion than me.

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politics Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N’Dour | politics

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

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politics Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N’Dour | politics

Politics is politics art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

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Youssou N’Dour | happiness

I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa – the economic poverty, the corruption – there’s a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.

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Youssou N’Dour | faith

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it is mistaken.

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