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Senegal ´living human treasure´ singer dies aged 95


September 22, 2019

DAKAR: Senegalese singer and musician Samba Diabare Samb, named a “living human treasure” by UNESCO in 2006, has died at the age of 96, President Macky Sall said on Saturday. “Senegal has lost one of its most illustrious sons,” he said, adding that the musician had been “a symbol of dignity and social cohesion” as well as a virtuoso xalam …

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