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Parmi les featurings, on retrouve Luther Allison, Richard Raux (Magma), Talib Kibwe et Jean-Philippe Rykiel qui officialisera sa participation au groupe sur l\u2019album suivant. Le d\u00e9c\u00e8s brutal de Prosper Niang en 1988 sonnera comme un coup de tonnerre et ralentira l\u2019activit\u00e9 de Xalam qui se remaniera et poursuivra tout de m\u00eame sa route. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfb8\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\udfb7\ud83c\udf0d\ud83d\udca5 Xalam (2) nait sur le Plateau \u00e0 Dakar \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 60 et prend son nom de leurs ain\u00e9s, Xalam \u00e9galement, qui disparait \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s \u00e0 cette p\u00e9riode. Xalam 2 redevient alors Xalam tout court ! Le groupe rencontre Hugh Masekela, et tourne en Afrique durant les ann\u00e9es 70, avec un 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