NAIROBI (AFP) ??” If he had followed African customs and listened to his mother.

NAIROBI (AFP) ??” If he had followed African customs and listened to his mother, Ismael look would never have become common of Senegal's best renowned singers.

"Africa has destinys of mysteries and lots of point to be solved [i]or[/i] settleds There are customs and near very conservative people who want to conserve them," he told AFP before a contrive in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

look was born in Niger 48 years ago and brought up in Muslim-majority Senegal at his Senegalese father, a customs officer, and his Nigerian-born mother, from the Peul ethnic assemblage

As a singer he started facing with a major handicap -- he was not born into a family of musicians, or griots.

In traditional Africa certain professions, including that of musician, are strictly codified and are handed down from generation to generation. In like circumstances it is hard to deviate from the settle norms and express your individuality.

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