![]() ![]() Born in Dakar into a family of hereditary praise singers and musicians, Wally Seck at first shunned the tradition but now appreciates the power of his natural gifts. ![]() His father, Thione Seck, possesses one of the great soul voices of modern Senegalese music while his great-grandfather sang religious praise songs ( khassayids) for his spiritual guide, the peace-loving mystic Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder of the country’s Mouride Islamic brotherhood. Wally Seck insists, “You can play music if the music likes you. Music chose me rather than the other way round and so whatever I decide to do I will succeed.” The stated aim of this charismatic, confident and arrantly ambitious young man is to take Senegalese music to places it has never been before. He has already performed in New York’s Times Square, filled Le Zénith arena in Paris and he is billed to appear in the city’s 22,000-seat Bercy stadium, recently renamed the Accor Hotels Arena, on June 4.īorn in Dakar, the young Wally Seck made an early decision to move out of the family home and find his own way: “Being the son of a well-known personality is never easy, so in my teens I decided to leave and fend for myself.” Inspired by French football wizard Zinedine (Zizou) Zidane, he pursued an early dream of fame on the field by training in Italy and then in England. It was in London, at Club 19 in Forest Gate, that he made his first-ever singing appearance and soon realized he could no longer deny his true calling. In 2006 he returned to Senegal to sing alongside his father and the well-established backing group, Raam Daan, in the Penc Mi nightclub. ![]() A friendly rivalry developed between father and son at first Thione Seck’s fans booed Wally when he appeared on stage but then the tables began to turn and audiences were demanding Wally rather than Thione. ![]()
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