After spending so much of the 80s and 90s trying to fit himself into the Western mold of an African singer, N'Dour took the new millenium as an opportunity to reclaim his roots. Rokka Mi Rokku is more light-hearted and playful than recent discs Egypt or Nothing's In Vain, but it remains an album based in African ensemble playing. It's not that N'Dour has completely turned his back on the West--Neneh Cherry of all people even duets on closer "Wake Up (It's Africa Calling)"--it's just that now he makes fond allusions rather than forced concessions to it.