Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
Zouk i vuyimbeleri bya ku cina bya Muavis wa le Furwa ni wa le dorobeni ra Antia, lebyi endliweke hi ntlawa wa ka Kassav eku sunguleni ka va - 1980 naswona byi yimbeleriwa ngopfu le Antian. A yi yisa vuyimbeleri bya le Kharibiya eka vayingiseri eAfrika hinkwaro, eYuropa ni le Latin Amerika.
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.
Vanhu lava nga ni vutshila
Ntlawa wa Vamandan-Martinican wu vule leswaku wu vumbe zouk eku heleni ka va - 1970.
Martinav, xiyimbeleri xa le Kassav, ku nga rin'wana ra marito lama hlamuselaka rito leri nge genre.
Laha vampfampfarhuti lava va humaka kona
114 Zouk Vatshila va le ka TimTim.Live, naswona 107 Ma ni doroba ra mani na mani. Laha hi laha va humaka kona.
Matiko
- Furwa51
- Guadeloupe19
- Martinique12
- Angola6
- Clabon lebyinene3
- DR Congo3
- United States3
- Brazil1
- Cameroon1
- Colombia1
- French lebyinene1
- Haiti1
Madoroba ni tindhawu
- Paris, Furwa5
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe4
- Luanda, Angola3
- Benguela (province), Angola2
- Fort-de-France, Martinique2
- Le Robert, Martinique2
- Paris 14 Observatoire, Furwa2
- São Vicente, Clabon lebyinene2
- Angoulême, Furwa1
- Arrondissement de Port-au-Prince, Haiti1
- Barreiro, Portugal1
- Benguela (city), Angola1
Van'wana va vatshila
- Francky VincentPointe-à-Pitre
- IvandroBenguela
- June FreedomBoston
- Kassav’Paris
- Kayshaensin'wini
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- Nelson FreitasNetherlands
- Rachelle AllisonFurwa
- Zen EyerRio de Janeiro
- KénédyLes Abymes
- EMiiMontereau-Fault-Yonne
- Jocelyne BéroardFort-de-France
- Michael BenjaminArrondissement de Port-au-Prince
- Monsieur ThibaultLille
- PriscilliaFurwa
- C4 PedroLuanda
- Denis GraçaSão Vicente
- Goldn. BKourou
- LynnshaFurwa
- Yola SemedoLobito
- AtimFurwa
- DissonanceGuadeloupe
- Grace EvoraSão Vicente
- Jocelyn DeloumeauxGuadeloupe
Swivutiso & Tinhlamulo
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.