Le Sénégal wakes up this Wednesday on a sad note. Le décès de Jimmy Mbaye, guitarist du Super Étoile, directed by Youssou Ndour, artist hors-pair and entrepreneur.. L’artiste Jimmy Mbaye du Super étoile range sa guitare à jamais. Mamadou Mbaye died in hospital late in the evening of Tuesday 11 to Wednesday 12 February. What constitutes a great loss for the orchestra of the Super Étoile of which he is one of the emblematic figures alongside his lead vocalist Youssou Ndour, Mbaye Dieye Faye et feu Habib Faye. The funeral of the deceased is scheduled for this day at 2:30 pm according to members of his family, at the Principal Hospital of Dakar. They also specify that the funeral will be held at the cemetery of Yoff. While the condolences will be received at his home in Nord Foire, the social networks are already buzzing with testimonies against him. “In 2010, in Mali, he confided to me that he wanted to leave the scene before the great faucheuse intervened.
Necrology: Jimmy Mbaye has played his guitar forever
