Cheikh Ibra Fam
Peace In Africa
After four years in the service of the mythical Orchestra Baobab, a fiftieth anniversary monument of Senegalese music, and three albums with a local vocation under the name of Freestyle which allowed him to make himself known to his compatriots, the process of maturation was coming to its logical end. It was when he was preparing to live away from Senegal and his native continent, at the end of 2019, that the pieces of the puzzle suddenly fell into place, in the light of his experience and his personal reflection on the music. His first solo album, an Afro-pop project called Peace In Africa, is the fruit of this musical catalysis, both rooted in Africa and open to the world, connected to his roots and resolutely contemporary. "Before, I was looking for myself", confides the singer, with a feeling of relief and satisfaction that hints at his quest for artistic identity.