Mor Thiam

Musician

Birthday May 22, 1941

Birth Sign Gemini

Age 82 years old

Nationality Senegal

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1941

Mor Dogo Thiam (born 22 May 1941) is a Senegalese musician, cultural historian, and entertainment consultant.

His surname is pronounced "Chahm".

1974

Thiam recorded his first album, Ndende Safarra, in 1974 with B. B. King and Nancy Wilson to help victims of an African drought.

The group was invited by President Nixon to perform at the White House in Washington D.C.

1999

In 1999, Thiam recorded his second album Back to Africa.

2009

In 2009, Thiam made the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and devoted his life to the development of Darou Khafour and building the Mor Thiam Learning Center International School (MTLC).

Thiam resides between Orlando and Dakar, Senegal, and is the father to singer Aliaune Badara Thiam, more popularly known as Akon.