Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk ke mmino wa go tantsha wa sehlopha sa mmino sa Sefora sa An Sakes dintwa tše di fapa - fapanego tšeo di bopilwego ke sehlopha sa mmino wa Kassav' mathomong a bo - 1980 gomme tša opelwa kudu - kudu kua Antilleble. O be o rwala mmino wa diletšo wa Caribbean go batheetši Afrika ka moka, Yuropa le Latin America.
Origin & history
Kassav' formed in 1979 and built zouk out of Guadeloupean and Martinican carnival traditions, gwo ka and biguine, with the studio technology of the time.
Sung in Antillean Creole rather than French, zouk became one of the most widely travelled Creole-language musics in the world, with a particularly deep following in West and Central Africa.
Bo - rabokgabo Bao ba Nago le Bokgoni
Sehlopha sa mmino wa Onoan-Martinican se ile sa bolela gore se bopilwe ke zouk bofelong bja bo - 1970.
Martinican wa Kassav', e lego le lengwe la mantšu ao a bego a hlalosa genre.
Dipotšišo le Dikarabo
What is zouk?+
Zouk is the dance music of Guadeloupe and Martinique, created by the band Kassav' in the early 1980s and sung mostly in Antillean Creole.
What language is zouk sung in?+
Mostly Antillean Creole, which is one reason the music travelled so widely through other Creole-speaking regions.
Is zouk the same as konpa?+
No. Konpa is Haitian and older; zouk comes from the French Antilles and was shaped in part by Haitian konpa among other Caribbean styles. They are neighbours, not the same genre.