Mama Afrika

Toto’s Africa is undoubtedly a beautiful song (lyrics here). Apparently, Oumar Sall of Tukuleur thought so too. Here is his version (lyrics here), a beautiful piece:

I learnt from Wikipedia that Oumar, who was brought up in France, was amazed by the beauty of Senegal when he finally went back to learn more about his African roots. Oumar studied African Languages at the University of INALCO in Paris and now performs in a variety of languages including Fulani, Wolof, Mandingue, Soninke, French, English and Spanish! There are more than more than 1,000 indigenous African languages including several spoken by tens of millions.