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Gokh-Bi which means "Neighborhood", was formed in 1994 in Pikine, Guinaw Rail (the other side of the tracks), an impoverished suburb of Dakar, Senegal. The members of the band represent three different ethnic groups, the Jola, the Serer and the Wolof peoples of Senegal. Friends and... Learn More »

Mission of Music

	Gokh-Bi ("The Neighborhood") adds hip-hop to a Senegalese continuum. Their lively music sets positive-thinking raps (in English as well as Senegalese languages) to handmade music: percussion, singing and riffs plucked on the ekonting, a Senegalese lute. "Hip-hop takes a joyful, respectful place alongside traditionalism." -- Jon Pareles, NY Times
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	Title	Length
	Xalam Jam (Intro)	0:41

	Mission of Music	3:21

	People Are Talking	4:30

	Mama Afrika	3:50

	Stand for Hip Hop	4:05

	Adjoua	3:37

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