You might not think you know who Mory Kante is, but you're bound to have heard his hit. "Yeke, Yeke," with its infectious chorus, got everyone from Mali to Manhattan to twitch their collective tush.

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Three of Africa's biggest stars converged on a packed Dome for an evening steeped in the sounds of the Dark Continent. Modeste Hugues had just stepped off the plane after a seven-hour delay in Lisbon, ...

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