IT’S A PAN AFRICAN OLD SAYING FROM WEST SCHOLAR « HAMADOU HAMPATE BAH » WHO POINTS OUT CLEARLY 
» IN AFRICA WHEN A WISE MAN PASSED , IT’S INDEED A LIBRARY THAT BURNT DOWN »)! THAT MEANS CLEARLY A WISE AFRICAN MAN STANDS FOR A COLLECTION OF BOOKS TO SOME EXTENT! « DOUDOU N’DIAYE ROSE »(85YREARS OLD) FROM « SENEGAL », ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING AFRICAN DRUMMERS PASSED YESTERDAY(AUGUST-19TH) IN « DAKAR, CAPITAL CITY OF THAT WEST AFRICAN NATION !
-FOR OVER 4 DECADES HE HAS CONTROLED ALMOST 100 DRUMMERS WITH DIFFERENT AFRICAN BEATS.MOREOVER , « DOUDOU N’DIAYE ROSE » HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH WESTERN PERFORMERS SUCH US WELL KNOWN BRITISH « PETER GABRIEL »! BEING THE MASTER OF WEST AFRICAN AUTHENTIC « SABA » RYTHM , HE WAS ALSO THE LEADER OF AN ENTIRE FEMALE BAND IN « SENEGAL » CALLED( LES ROSETTES) COMPOSED ENTIRELY BY MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY!
-IT’ INDEED A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT ARTIST AND AFRICAN CULTURAL EMBASSADOR TO SOME EXTENT, WHO SET AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, AS FAR AS THE PAN AFRICAN CULTURE IS CONCERNED WORLDWIDE:DOWN THE LINE, THAT’S TO SAY « MY PAN AFRICAN HERITAGE, I DON’T WANT TO LOSE ANY MORE »…
(YVES T BOUAZO)(CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR)(« IMAGE »: »DOUDOU N’DIAYE ROSE »)