 In 2002, N'Dour was honoured with a Prince Claus Award, under that year's theme "Languages and transcultural forms of expression".In 2006, N'Dour played the role of the African-British abolitionist Olaudah Equiano in the movie "Amazing Grace", which chronicled the efforts of William Wilberforce to end slavery in the British Empire.In 2008, N'Dour offered one of his compositions, "Bébé", for the French singer Cynthia Brown.