Wasis Diop – Gudi Diop

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Musa

Few can do soothing guitar rhythms and vocals like Senegal’s Wasis Diop, who since the late Seventies has been plying his trade in Paris as one of West Africa’s most successful musicians. Here’s a performance of “Gudi Diop”, from his fifth and most recent album “Judu Bek”.

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