{"id":1790,"date":"2022-11-30T13:46:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:47:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T13:47:44","slug":"veteran-gambia-musician-ismaila-oussou-njie-senor-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/30\/veteran-gambia-musician-ismaila-oussou-njie-senor-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Gambia Musician Ismaila Oussou Njie Se\u00f1or dies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The legendary musician, composer and producer passed away Tuesday night.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-714840776\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Njie has been at the centre of Gambian music scene for over 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the founder member of Super Eagles, one of the most successful Gambian music group of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group inspired a generation of musicians from the Senegambia region including Youssou Ndour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Njie wrote many songs including hits like \u201cMandal ly\u201d, \u201cGambia Sunu Rew, \u201cViva Super Eagles\u201d and \u201d Haleli Africa\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary musician, composer and producer passed away Tuesday night. 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