Mbalx
Senegal's sabar-driven popular music
Mbalx ta e música popular di Senegal, trahá riba e oabar di e olof i ta canta principalmente na Wolof. El a uni cu e tradicion di reco relashoná cu e pais aki cu influencianan di mala i di alma, pa bira e zonido moderno cu e pais ta inventá.
Tambe Ta komo si fuera skirbí Mbalakh
Origin & history
Senegalese bands of the 1970s had been playing Cuban repertoire; mbalax came from turning back toward sabar drumming and Wolof language and song.
It became Senegal's dominant popular music and, through its best-known performers, one of the most widely heard West African sounds internationally.
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Pregunta & Contesta
What is mbalax?+
Mbalax is the popular music of Senegal, built on Wolof sabar drumming and sung mostly in Wolof, with Cuban and jazz influences in its arrangements.
What is a sabar?+
The sabar is a Senegalese drum, played with one hand and one stick, whose rhythms are at the centre of mbalax.
Where is mbalax from?+
Senegal.