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Senegal

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre Talks Voudou, Kompa, and The Rolling Stones

    Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre.​Tabou Combo has one of the most revered funk breakdowns in all of musicland. And between the voudou beats, big soul horns, salsa turns, merengue runs, and rockin' drums, this band is the most eclectic kompa crew in the world. The group started in 1968 under the na ... More >>

  • Film

    March 31, 2011

    Biutiful: Javier Bardem and miserabilist humanism

    Tabou Combo's Yvan "Kapi" Andre.​Tabou Combo has one of the most revered funk breakdowns in all of musicland. And between the voudou beats, big soul horns, salsa turns, merengue runs, and rockin' drums, this band is the most eclectic kompa crew in the world. The group started in 1968 under the na ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    In Bed With Fabio Viviani of Top Chef

    Will you be my valentine, Fabio?A really fun part of my job as New Times blogger is interviewing chefs and personalities in the food business. I've found that most people in this industry are witty and charming, so I was looking forward to my phone call with Top Chef All-Stars contestant and R ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2010

    Shakira at American Airlines Arena September 27

    Will you be my valentine, Fabio?A really fun part of my job as New Times blogger is interviewing chefs and personalities in the food business. I've found that most people in this industry are witty and charming, so I was looking forward to my phone call with Top Chef All-Stars contestant and R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Shakira Is the Hottest Columbia Export Since Cocaine and Facelifts

    ​Without question, Shakira is Colombia's hottest export since blow and plastic surgery. (Oddly, she doesn't indulge in either.) Now in the business of donning belly shirts and shaking her money maker, the blonde beauty has certainly come a long way from the quiet, dark-haired quasi-hippie on P ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 24, 2010

    Senegalese, If You Please

    ​Without question, Shakira is Colombia's hottest export since blow and plastic surgery. (Oddly, she doesn't indulge in either.) Now in the business of donning belly shirts and shaking her money maker, the blonde beauty has certainly come a long way from the quiet, dark-haired quasi-hippie on P ... More >>

  • News

    November 12, 2009

    Frequent Flyer

    They fly. You pay.

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Natacha Seijas and Audrey Edmonson: Luxury Travel on Taxpayer Dime in Tough Times

    ​Every so often, Banana Republican daydreams of traveling the world with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, serenading her with the sweet sounds of the toot flute in Peru. I also fantasize about not spending a dime to visit Macchu Pichu and the like. I mean, while services are being wh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 2, 2009

    Expand Your World With Music

    ​Every so often, Banana Republican daydreams of traveling the world with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, serenading her with the sweet sounds of the toot flute in Peru. I also fantasize about not spending a dime to visit Macchu Pichu and the like. I mean, while services are being wh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Mariza and the Fado Renaissance

    ​Every so often, Banana Republican daydreams of traveling the world with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, serenading her with the sweet sounds of the toot flute in Peru. I also fantasize about not spending a dime to visit Macchu Pichu and the like. I mean, while services are being wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    World Bank: Biofuels Caused Food Prices to Soar 75%

    ​Every so often, Banana Republican daydreams of traveling the world with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, serenading her with the sweet sounds of the toot flute in Peru. I also fantasize about not spending a dime to visit Macchu Pichu and the like. I mean, while services are being wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Tango Around the World

    ​Every so often, Banana Republican daydreams of traveling the world with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, serenading her with the sweet sounds of the toot flute in Peru. I also fantasize about not spending a dime to visit Macchu Pichu and the like. I mean, while services are being wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    Last Night: Youssou N'Dour at the Gusman Theatre

    ​Every so often, Banana Republican daydreams of traveling the world with Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, serenading her with the sweet sounds of the toot flute in Peru. I also fantasize about not spending a dime to visit Macchu Pichu and the like. I mean, while services are being wh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 15, 2007

    Melodies from His Motherland

    Youssou N’Dour brings the sounds of Senegal

  • Music

    May 17, 2007

    The British Invasión

    As DJ and co-founder of the band Sidestepper, Richard Blair didn't just embrace Colombian music — he went native

  • Culture

    July 20, 2006

    Africa Unwrapped

    At MAC, "Snap Judgments" breaks from clichés

  • Music

    April 20, 2006

    Wild Trucks, Wild Hearts

    Amadou and Mariam use the exotic to comment on the universal

  • Calendar

    February 16, 2006

    The Reel Africa

    MAC has the reins on African cinema

  • News

    November 10, 2005

    Floored Genius

    From high-minded to hype-crazed, book fairs have a rich tradition of coaxing out reclusive authors. New Times was fortunate to get a rare audience with the person redefining writing, M.M. Pascal-Paul.

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    Youssou N'Dour

    From high-minded to hype-crazed, book fairs have a rich tradition of coaxing out reclusive authors. New Times was fortunate to get a rare audience with the person redefining writing, M.M. Pascal-Paul.

  • Music

    September 15, 2005

    Young Jeezy featuring Akon

    "Soul Survivor" (Def Jam)

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2005
  • Music

    June 17, 2004

    Local Heroes

    "Soul Survivor" (Def Jam)

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2004

    This Week's Day by Day Picks

    "Soul Survivor" (Def Jam)

  • Music

    January 1, 2004

    Are You Experienced?

    This year age triumphed over youth in world music

  • Music

    October 23, 2003

    Sodade No More

    Cesaria Evora sings songs of love and longing, but her memories are full of something else

  • Film

    April 24, 2003

    Queer As Film Folk

    Cesaria Evora sings songs of love and longing, but her memories are full of something else

  • Music

    November 14, 2002

    Cuban Cowboys, African Salsa

    Eliades Ochoa is more fun than ever, but Small World misses the Congo

  • Music

    October 3, 2002

    The Buena Vista Pirates Club

    Senegalese old-timers Orchestra Baobab get better with age

  • Music

    May 16, 2002
  • Bars and Clubs

    May 17, 2001
  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Say It Ain't So

    Is Joe Arroyo losing it?

  • Music

    October 28, 1999

    Rotations

    Eric Dolphy, Kaouding Cissoko

  • News

    August 26, 1999

    Miami Maestro

    Roberto Torres is the leader of the band, the singer of the songs, and the keeper of the Cuban musical flame

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    The Secret Life of J.M. Denis

    By day he manages the parking facilities at the airport. By night he's Jan Mapou, Miami's guardian of Haitian culture.

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Closing in on Baba

    By day he manages the parking facilities at the airport. By night he's Jan Mapou, Miami's guardian of Haitian culture.

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    The Baba Chronicles, Part 2

    By day he manages the parking facilities at the airport. By night he's Jan Mapou, Miami's guardian of Haitian culture.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    The Baba Chronicles

    For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

  • Music

    October 3, 1996

    Rotations

    For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    News of the Weird

    For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

  • News

    May 2, 1996

    The Voice of Haiti

    Paris, Ghana, Senegal, Miami. Poet Felix Morisseau-Leroy spent half his life in exile, but his heart never left home.

  • News

    July 20, 1994

    Painting the Body Politic

    Haiti tumbles. Haiti reels. Haiti tears itself apart. And Eduoard Duval-Carrie, one of Haiti's premier painters, chronicles the island's chaos on his canvases.

  • News

    October 6, 1993

    By Appointment Only

    What could be more exciting and fulfilling than the life of a consul? Well, lots of things, actually.

  • News

    September 1, 1993

    Swelter 20

    What could be more exciting and fulfilling than the life of a consul? Well, lots of things, actually.

  • News

    April 8, 1992

    MacArthur Causeway

    What could be more exciting and fulfilling than the life of a consul? Well, lots of things, actually.

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