IMbalax
Senegal's sabar-driven popular music
IMbalax iwumculo othandwayo waseSenegal, owakhelwe emgudwini we - Wolof futhi wahlatshelelwa ngokuyinhloko eWolof. Yahlanganyela kulelosiko eliqhumayo eCuba, amathonya e-jazz nomphefumulo ukuze kube ithonya lezwe elichaza umsindo wanamuhla.
Kuyabhalwa futhi 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.
Abadwebi abaziwayo
Umculi waseSenegal omsebenzi wakhe wawuyisa ama - balax ezilalelini zamazwe ngamazwe.
Lapho ihlala khona
Lapho lemidwebo ivela khona
12 IMbalax Abadwebi bangabangu - TimTim.Live, futhi 11 idolobha lazo linedolobha lomphakathi. Yilapha lapho zivela khona.
Amazwe
Amadolobha Nezindawo
- Dakar (city), I-Senegal4
- Bobo-Dioulasso, IBurkina Faso1
- Dakar (region), I-Senegal1
- Dogondoutchi, i-Niger1
- Dosso Region, i-Niger1
- Hauts-Bassins, IBurkina Faso1
- Thiès, I-Senegal1
Ezinye zabadwebi
Imibuzo Nezimpendulo
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.