Forbes put together a list of the most influential African celebrities. For those like me, who are bored of Justin Bieber, Pregnance, Brangelina and other non-erudite celebs, here is much hipper list dominated by genius musicians and talented writers. Chinua Achebe tops the list with Youssou N'Dour and Salif Keita in the top ten.
Here they all are...
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FYI- this Friday:
TALES FROM THE SAHEL: AN EVENING WITH BAABA MAAL
SCHIMMEL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PACE UNIV., 3 Spruce Street, NYC
The intimate evening will be comprised of acoustic music with Maal joined by multi-instrumentalist Jim Palmer and his longstanding percussionist Mamadou Sarr and by discussion with renowned music journalist and author Chris Salewicz, who will engage Maal on a variety of personal, social and political issues of the day.
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