Youssou NDour et Le Super Etoile de Dakar Fatteliku

October 1987 An openair amphitheatre cut into a mountain overlooking the twinkling sprawl of nighttime Athens Thousands of people are going crazy for a young Senegalese singer theyd never heard of until moments before when headline act Peter Gabriel walked onstage and introduced him Here then is NDours opening set from that legendary Live in Athens show as performed by an act on the cusp of Western stardom An act that had transformed Senegalese music by playing traditional rhythms on electric instruments fronted by a singer whose charisma multitalents and social conscience would eventually see him acknowledged as one of the most celebrated African musicians in history