Mor Dogo Thiam (born May 22, 1941) is a Senegalese drummer, cultural historian, and entertainment consultant. His surname is pronounced "Chahm". Career 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. In 1999, Thiam recorded his second album Back to Africa Personal life 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, Florida and Dakar, Senegal, and is the father to singer Aliaune Badara Thiam, more popularly known as Akon. References External links Mor Thiam page on L'Observatoire Leonardo des Arts et des Techno-Sciences 1941 births Living people People from Dakar Avant-garde jazz musicians Senegalese drummers Senegalese Muslims 20th-century drummers 20th-century male musicians 21st-century drummers 21st-century male musicians University of California, Los Angeles faculty Southern Illinois University faculty Morris Brown College faculty