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Yandé Codou Sène (also ''Yande Codou Sene'') was a Senegalese singer from the Serer ethnic group. She was born in 1932 at Somb in the Sine-Saloum delta and died on 15 July 2010 at Gandiaye in Sénégal.〔African Studies. Columbia University Libraries〕 She was the official griot of president Léopold Sédar Senghor. Most of her music is in the Serer language.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20100716-yande-codou-sene-celebre-griotte-senegal-s-est-eteinte )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ethnolyrical.org/?p=505 )〕 ==Career== Yandé Codou sings in the old Serer tradition and have had a significant impact on Senegambian music as well as artists including Youssou N'Dour whom she has inspired immensely.〔C. Parker, 1996. The Wire, Volumes 143-148, p43, 54〕 Although she has been singing since she was a child and have had a profound effect on Senegambia's music scene, she did not record her first album (''Night Sky in Sine Saloum'') until she was aged 65.〔emusic.com〕 Her first recording debut on an album ''"Gainde"'' was in 1995 that she shared with Youssou N'Dour in which she received rave reviews.〔All music.com〕 In that same year, her vocals were showcased on the full length album ''Youssou N'Dour Presents Yandé Codou Sène''. RootsWorld described her as someone who: :''"can move mountains with her positively poetic voice."'' In Safi Faye's Mossane (a 1996 film), Yandé's powerful vocals received rave reviews whose song in the film is associated with the evocation of the Serer Pangool (ancestral spirits and Serer Saints in the Serer religion).〔Melissa Thackway. Africa shoots back: alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African film, p82. James Currey Publishers, 2003. ISBN 0-85255-576-8〕 President Senghor who is famous for adopting the African griot technique of ''"naming"'' in his poems is adopted from the Serer tradition as in his poem ''"Aux tirailleurs Sénégalais morts pour la France."'' Yandé Codou who is proficient in this technique used a similar technique in the funeral of President Senghor.〔Mamadou Badiane. The changing face of Afro-Caribbean cultural identity: Negrismo and Négritude, p91. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. ISBN 0-7391-2553-2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yandé Codou Sène」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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