N'Dour's band includes African artists including Angelique Kidjo, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Vusi Mahlasela, MC Solaar and Rokia Traore.

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The afternoon she performed a full concert for WFUV, Angelique Kidjo and her four-piece band ran through a few songs on the City Winery stage to fine-tune the sound system before the audience came in.

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Makhaya Ntini, the first black cricketer to play for South Africa, and World Cup icons Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, Eusebio and Roger Milla were present, with entertainment coming from the likes of the Soweto Gospel Choir and singers Angelique Kidjo and Johnny Clegg.

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That same evening, another concert will be held at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, hosted by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and featuring Richard Bona, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Danilo Perez, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Jack DeJohnette, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath, Zakir Hussain, Angelique Kidjo, Lang Lang, Romero Lubambo, Shankar Mahadevan, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Masekela, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Hiromi and others.

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