Nigérien singer and flautist Yacouba Moumouni dancing Takamba
Cultural origins
Songhai Empire
Regional scenes
Mali, Niger
Other topics
Bitti Harey
Takamba is a music and dance native to the Songhai and Tuareg peoples of Niger and Mali. It is both a musical composition and a dance. The musicians play a traditional instrument known as the Kurbu or Tehardent and a traditional African Calabash. The Takamba dance includes graceful and rhythmic movements performed both seated and standing where the shoulders and arms sway with the flow of the music
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Takamba is a music and dance native to the Songhai and Tuareg peoples of Niger and Mali. It is both a musical composition and a dance. The musicians play...
in 2019, was the first to feature a full band. He plays guitar in the takamba and assouf styles. Mdou Moctar was born in the Nigerien village of Tchintabaraden...
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