Mbalx
Senegal's sabar-driven popular music
Mbalx i vuyimbeleri lebyi dumeke bya le Senegal, lebyi akiweke ehenhla ka vuyimbeleri bya le Walof kutani byi yimbeleriwa ngopfu le Wolof. Wu joyine mukhuva wolowo lowu nga riki na xisekelo wa ku va ni vuxaka bya rimbewu ni munhu un'wana ni un'wana, lowu endlaka leswaku tiko ri kota ku hlamusela mpfumawulo wa manguva lawa.
Nakambe ku tlhela ku vuriwa swo karhi 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.
Vanhu lava nga ni vutshila
Xiyimbeleri xa le Senegal lexi ntirho wa xona a wu endla leswaku vayingiseri va matiko hinkwawo va va ni ndhuma.
Laha yi tshamaka kona
Swivutiso & Tinhlamulo
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.