 OMAR PENE & Le SUPER DIAMANO de DAKAR
"The only other mbalax superstar that rivals Youssou Ndour inside Senegal
For 30 years, with his group Super Diamono, Omar Pène has been by far the uncontested favorite of the students, and the young people of the suburbs of Dakar. His musical style baptized as "afro-feeling" is a mixture of Senegalese sounds such as mbalax and influences drawn from the blues and jazz. His lyrics (about chronic social issues, paying homage or educational messages), his tumultuous and anti-conformist history (as a child, left his parents' house for the street), and his simplicity, as much as his music, has won him the admiration of his fans. Omar Pène grew in Pikine in the Dakar suburbs and very early became part of those who one could call the "problem children". He was 13 years old when he left his parents. Invited to join the neighborhood football team to defend the colors of the district, he was part of the junior champion navétane team; and was signed to the football school - Jaraaf.
One evening after a match of football, a passer by of the name of Baila Diagne (musician of Kaad orchestra), who was for a long time attracted by the voice of the young man, decided to propose to Omar to come and rehearse with his band. Thus began a new adventure for Omar Pène who subsequently recorded his first album "Bita-Bane". Three years later, in 1975, his group Super Diamono was born from a fusion between Cadd Orchestra, the Tropical Jazz and other groups. Since then, tens of albums of one of the most prolific artists of Sénégal, Omar Pène have been in the market. Omar Pène was named "Best African musician 98" in the USA by the American television channel CFTV and received the KORA Golden Award in 1998 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tracks : - DIAMONO
- ADUNA
- DJOLA KELE
- YAKAAR
- NITKI
- DIAWAR
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