Zouk
The Antilles on the dance floor
I - Zouk iwumculo womdanso wama - Antille aseFrance — i-Guadeloupe neMartinique — owakhiwa iqembu laseKassav ekuqaleni kwawo - 1980 futhi wahlatshelelwa kakhulu ngesiCreole sase-Antille. Wawuhambisa umculo wesiCreole eCaribbean ezilalelini kulo lonke elase - Afrika, eYurophu naseLatin 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.
Abadwebi abaziwayo
Iqembu laseGuadeloupean-Martinican lathi lenza izouk ekupheleni kwawo-1970.
Umculi we-Martinan waseKassav', elinye lamaphimbo achaza uhlobo.
Lapho lemidwebo ivela khona
114 Zouk Abadwebi bangabangu - TimTim.Live, futhi 107 idolobha lazo linedolobha lomphakathi. Yilapha lapho zivela khona.
Amazwe
- IFrance51
- Guadeloupe19
- Martinique12
- Angola6
- ICabo Verde3
- DRKCongo3
- United States3
- Brazil1
- i-Cameroon1
- IColombia1
- i-French Guiana1
- i-Haiti1
Amadolobha Nezindawo
- Paris, IFrance5
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe4
- Luanda, Angola3
- Benguela (province), Angola2
- Fort-de-France, Martinique2
- Le Robert, Martinique2
- Paris 14 Observatoire, IFrance2
- São Vicente, ICabo Verde2
- Angoulême, IFrance1
- Arrondissement de Port-au-Prince, i-Haiti1
- Barreiro, i-Portugal1
- Benguela (city), Angola1
Ezinye zabadwebi
- Francky VincentPointe-à-Pitre
- IvandroBenguela
- June FreedomBoston
- Kassav’Paris
- KayshaKinshasa
- Matieu WhiteGuadeloupe
- Nelson FreitasNetherlands
- Rachelle AllisonIFrance
- Zen EyerRio de Janeiro
- KénédyLes Abymes
- EMiiMontereau-Fault-Yonne
- IJocelyne BéroardFort-de-France
- Michael BenjaminArrondissement de Port-au-Prince
- Monsieur ThibaultLille
- PriscilliaIFrance
- C4 PedroLuanda
- Denis GraçaSão Vicente
- Goldn. BKourou
- LynnshaIFrance
- Yola SemedoLobito
- AtimIFrance
- DissonanceGuadeloupe
- Grace EvoraSão Vicente
- Jocelyn DeloumeauxGuadeloupe
Imibuzo Nezimpendulo
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.