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]
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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history Western Sahara Demographics Culture Birth Chere (or saay) Death Inheritance Marriage Mbalax Njuup Sabar Tama Tassu Njom Royalty Related people...
with the annual individual award of West African Footballer of the Year. Mbalax, Highlife, Fuji, Afrobeat, and Afrobeats are modern musical genres of West...
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Njuup tradition (a conservative Serer music repertoire, the progenitor of Mbalax). Transcending ethnic groups, the sport enjoys the status of national sport...
music in West Africa, especially in the music genres of Jùjú (Nigeria) and Mbalax (Senegal). Message drums, or more properly slit gongs, with hollow chambers...
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