Cheikh Ndiaye Baba

Raphaël Pannier Quartet & Khadim Niang Sabar Group: Live In Saint Louis, Senegal

by Ian Patterson
March 22, 2026

For many people, life is a maze that they navigate the best they can--unaided by the guiding hand of destiny. For a much smaller number, the clear course of their life presents itself early on. Take Raphael Pannier. At just three years of age, he saw Djabote, a performance video by Senegalese sabar percussionist N'Diaye Rose. The Parisian toddler knew then that rhythms would guide his way. And so it proved. A student of classical percussion in Paris, ...