Super Diamono

For almost twenty years, Super Diamono ruled the roost among the politicallly hip in Senegal. Against the traditional custom of praise-singing, they performed what they known as mbalax: a bluesy, jazzy type of rock and roll. Their lyrics resolved charged issues such as for example apartheid, polygamy, and human-rights violations without flinching. The group split up in 1991, but reassembled later on inside a somewhat different form beneath the leadership of vocalist Omar Pene.