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In Podor in Senegal, the place where I grew up, everyone is an artist because art in Africa is not a commercial enterprise but is part of life itself.

— Tracey Rose Art of Africa: The 50 best African artists (2006)

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Musicians are respected, but only in the context that the music itself belongs to the community - not to the person who is playing an instrument or singing a song.

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The performance that happens as an artist within that space becomes a political decision to keep the work alive, relevant and moving. If I didn’t I would be ostracised even more.

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