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Doudou Ndiaye Rose: Famous Senegalese drummer dies

Doudou Ndiaye Rose: Famous Senegalese drummer dies

Famous for playing the tam-tam drum, he toured the world and played with jazz legends such as Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, and the Rolling Stones.

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He led an orchestra of more than 30 drummers, many of them his relatives.

The UN cultural agency declared him a "living human treasure" in 2006 for keeping his country's traditional rhythms alive.

Credit: The BBC 

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