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...On Saturday, April 2, at 9:30am, a panel of prominent Triangle-area radio hosts will discuss the rewards and challenges of broadcasting music that deserves a wider audience, but falls outside of the moneyed mainstream of the commercial recording industry. The panelists of "Music Radio: Bringing Music to the Folk" are four deejays who have introduced millions of North Carolinians to worlds of music they might otherwise never have had the opportunity to explore. Senegalese-born Bouna Ndiaye, the host of WNCU's "Bonjour Africa," broadcasts the music of his native Africa. Tim Woodall is one of the hosts of the "Pinecone Bluegrass Show" on WQDR, which for over fifteen years has played bluegrass music to an audience of over four million... |
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[pdf] June 8, 2005 Herald Sun by John Mccann Bonjour Africa Malaria Project Bouna's back beckoning the Bull City for bucks. But the dollar bills could help blast bugs, and your benevolence would be tax-deductible. "Meaning the people are really coming for free and still supporting a good cause," said Bouna Ndiaye (sounds like IN' jye). After raising nearly $3,400 last year to provide malaria medicine for 700 children in his homeland of Linguere, Senegal, Ndiaye is hosting another party to raise money to fight the disease that annually kills millions around the world. The African dinner and dance party is 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Ivy Community Center, 4418 Fayetteville Road. Tickets are $20, enough money to provide malaria medicine for two children. Call Ndiaye at 215-4765 or go to www.bonjourafrica.com to find out more information. The Web site couldn't answer all my questions, though. So I asked Ndiaye how come his people in Africa can't do like Americans and put on insect repellent or stay indoors after dusk. Ndiaye explained that the Senegalese government's been squirting bug spray for years. As for not coming out in the evening, Ndiaye said, "If a mosquito is in your room, the mosquitoes don't care if it's night or day." Sounds like a bunch of bugs over there. |
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...For this tour, N'Dour is playing his classic material with his regular group and said he hopes to tour worldwide with the Fathy Salama Orchestra next year. He hinted that a DVD of a performance with the orchestra may be in the works. Bouna Ndiaye, host of WNCU-FM's "Bonjour Africa" radio program, is helping to promote tonight's show. Ndiaye, 52, is also from Senegal and is a Muslim, as is 96 percent of the country's population. He said that reviews of "Egypt" from critics in Senegal have been mixed... |
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