Mbalax
National dance music of Senegal and the Gambia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mbalax (or mbalakh) is the national popular dance music of Senegal and the Gambia. Though associated with the Wolof, mbalax has its sacred origins in the Serer people's[1][2] ultra-religious, ultra-conservative njuup music tradition—and their sacred ndut rite ceremonies.[1][2] By the 1970s, it became a fusion with other popular music from the African diaspora, the West, and afropop such as jazz, soul, Latin, Congolese rumba, and rock blended with sabar, the traditional drumming and dance music of the Wolof[dubious – discuss] of Senegal. The genre's name derived from accompanying rhythms used in sabar called mbalax.
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Stylistic origins | Serer music tradition of Njuup and the sacred Ndut rites[1][2] Soukous Wolof music Congolese pop |
Cultural origins | Early 1970s Senegal[3][4][5][6] |
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