Mbalax
Senegal's sabar-driven popular music
Mbalax inziyo dzakakurumbira dzeSenegal, dzakavakirwa pakuridza ngoma kweWolof ndokuimba zvikurukuru muWoloph. Yakabatanawo netsika iyoyo yezvemagariro evanhu kuCuban, jaz nemweya kuti zvive ruzha rwamazuva ano runorondedzera nyika yacho.
Zvinorehwawo 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.
Vagadziri vemifananidzo Vanoshamisa
Muimbi weSenegal ane basa raitakura mabalax kuvanzwi vamarudzi ose.
Kwarinogara
Mibvunzo & Mhinduro
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.