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Gabon's music includes several folk styles and pop. Gabonese pop artist Patience Dabany, who now lives in the US, produces albums recorded in Los Angeles with a distinctively Gabonese element; they are popular throughout Francophone Africa.[citation needed] Other musicians include guitarists Georges Oyendze, La Rose Mbadou and Sylvain Avara, and the singer Oliver N'Goma.[citation needed] Imported rock and hip hop from the US and UK are popular in Gabon, as are rumba, makossa and soukous.[citation needed]

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Music of Gabon

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Gabon's music includes several folk styles and pop. Gabonese pop artist Patience Dabany, who now lives in the US, produces albums recorded in Los Angeles...

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Gabon

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Gabon (/ɡəˈbɒn/ gə-BON; French pronunciation: [ɡabɔ̃] ; Sangu: Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (French: République gabonaise), is a country on...

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Outline of Gabon

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Armed Forces of Gabon

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The Armed Forces of Gabon (French: Forces armées gabonaises) or the Gabonese Defense and Security Forces (French: forces de défense et de sécurité gabonaises)...

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Religion in Gabon

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is the predominant religion in Gabon, with significant minorities of the adherents of Islam and traditional faiths. Gabon is a secular country and the constitution...

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Libreville

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is the capital and largest city of Gabon. Occupying 65 square kilometres (25 sq mi) in the northwestern province of Estuaire, Libreville is a port on...

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Mvet

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musical instrument, a type of stick zither, Hornbostel-Sachs (311) of the Fang people of Gabon, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and...

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La Concorde

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"La Concorde" (pronounced [la kɔ̃.kɔʁd]) is the national anthem of Gabon. Written and composed by politician Georges Aleka Damas, it was adopted upon independence...

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Music

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The most general definition of music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content...

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Music genre

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A music genre is a conventional category (i.e, genre) that identifies some pieces of music as belonging to a shared tradition or set of conventions. Genre...

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List of music genres and styles

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This is a list of music genres and styles. Music can be described in terms of many genres and styles. Classifications are often arbitrary, and may be disputed...

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Culture of Gabon

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ngil ceremony. Wood, 19th century Bdembo ritual mask Punu white mask List of Gabonese films Ethnic groups in Gabon Languages of Gabon Religion in Gabon...

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Fang people

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found in Equatorial Guinea, northern Gabon, and southern Cameroon. Representing about 85% of the total population of Equatorial Guinea, concentrated in...

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Classical music

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Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions....

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History of the Jews in Gabon

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The history of the Jews in Gabon dates back to at least the 17th century, when Black Jewish communities existed along the Gabonese coastline. The contemporary...

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History of music

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of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain...

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Timeline of musical events

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Ali Bongo

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president of Gabon from 2009 to 2023. He is a member of the Gabonese Democratic Party. He is the son of Omar Bongo, who was president of Gabon from 1967...

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List of musical instruments

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SeBa

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of his composition Ngonga Nzembi. On 2 June 2018 the Italian ambassador to Gabon, Paolo De Nicolo, celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the founding of...

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Medieval music

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Album

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Baroque music

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