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Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.

When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.

I don't want to see that two-tier Senegal, that two-tier Africa, when you have those at the top and those at the bottom, people who are hungry, people who do not have enough to eat.

We need self-confidence in our ability to build Africa. I trust in Mali and I trust in music.

Africa is the future.

We will continue to count on your unwavering support and commitment to working with leaders of our continent in bringing about the desired renaissance of Africa.

There is always something new out of Africa.

Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.

There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming.

Africa is on the rise.