Gambia: Ndongo Lo Memorial Charity Launched Today

18 March 2005
The Independent (Banjul)

Banjul — "Kul'lu naffsin zaa'ikhatil mawti: Whoever lives shall die", the Quran says. This, Ndongo knew but he never knew that come his death, his deeds will keep him living in the heart of not only family, friends and fans but also those who never heard of him. Two young Gambian music promoters Dj Njag's and Dj Abdou Njie, friends of the late artist, have decided to organise a charity festival in memory of the artist not only in The Gambia, but Senegal, Europe and the USA.

On January 16th 2005, Ndongo Lo a thirty-year-old young Senegalese artist passed away. That day, the nightingale stopped singing as it was called upon by the poignant sentence of fate: death. But for artists though mortals, this sad journey end is diluted as they defy time through their works, which makes them immortals. Ndongo's formal 'resurrection' comes with this big concert organised in the Smiling Coast.

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