Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk inziyo dzokutamba dzeNantie dzechiFrench vie Guadeloupe neorchiatic dzakaparirwa nebhendi Kassv mukuvamba kwama 1980 uye dzinoimbwa zvikurukuru muAntiel Prefecture. Yakatakura nziyo dzeCaribbean Creole kuvateereri muAfrica yose, Europe neLatin 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.
Vagadziri vemifananidzo Vanoshamisa
Boka reGuadeloupea - Martinican rinonzi rine mbiri yokusika zouk pakupera kwema1970.
Martinican muimbi weKasv's, mumwe wamanzwi akarondedzera genre.
Uko ava vanyori vemifananidzo vanobva
102 Zouk Vanodhirowa mifananidzo vari pana TimTim.Live, uye 100 Vamwe vavo vane taundi rokumusha kwavo. Pano ndipo pavanobva.
Nyika
- France46
- Guadeloupe18
- Martinique12
- Angola5
- Cabo Verde3
- DR Congo3
- United States3
- Brazil1
- Cameroon1
- Colombia1
- French Guiana1
- Haiti1
Maguta nenzvimbo
- Paris, France5
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe4
- Luanda, Angola3
- Fort-de-France, Martinique2
- Le Robert, Martinique2
- Paris 14 Observatoire, France2
- São Vicente, Cabo Verde2
- Angoulême, France1
- Arrondissement de Port-au-Prince, Haiti1
- Barreiro, Portugal1
- Benguela (province), Angola1
- Benguela (city), Angola1
Vamwe vavanyori vemifananidzo
- Francky VincentPointe-à-Pitre
- IvandroBenguela
- June FreedomBoston
- Kassav’Paris
- KayshaKinshasa
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- Nelson FreitasNetherlands
- Rachelle AllisonFrance
- Zen EyerRio de Janeiro
- KénédyLes Abymes
- EMiiMontereau-Fault-Yonne
- Jocelyne BéroardFort-de-France
- Michael BenjaminArrondissement de Port-au-Prince
- Monsieur ThibaultLille
- PriscilliaFrance
- C4 PedroLuanda
- Denis GraçaSão Vicente
- Goldn. BKourou
- LynnshaFrance
- AtimFrance
- DissonanceGuadeloupe
- Grace EvoraSão Vicente
- Jocelyn DeloumeauxGuadeloupe
- La Compagnie CréoleParis
Mibvunzo & Mhinduro
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.