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  2. Music of Senegal - Wikipedia

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    Prior to independence, Senegalese popular music consisted of nightclub dance bands that played European music, namely American and French songs.As independence approached and the country sought to move away from its colonial past, the popular music of Senegal began to be influenced by the Cuban music that was becoming popular throughout Africa.

  3. Category:Music of Senegal - Wikipedia

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  4. Category:Senegalese musicians - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia categories named after Senegalese musicians (1 C) Pages in category "Senegalese musicians" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.

  5. Senegalese hip-hop - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the wide spread of hip hop in Senegal, traditional music was transcended through pre-ordained griots. The term griot, also known as gewel, can be defined as, "… traditional praise-singer, musician, social go-between, counselors, or dancer and acrobat," [3] These individuals were born into, "endogamous, professionally specialized group often referred to as a 'caste'."

  6. Youssou N'Dour - Wikipedia

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    Youssou N'Dour (French: [jusu (ɛ)nduʁ], Wolof: Yuusu Nduur; also known as Youssou Madjiguène Ndour; [2] born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, songwriter, musician, composer, occasional actor, businessman, and politician.

  7. Mbalax - Wikipedia

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    Mbalax (or mbalakh) is the urban dance music of Senegal and the Gambia.The musical style is rooted in the indigenous instrumental and vocal styles accompanied by polyrhythmic sabar drumming of the Wolof, a social identity that includes both the original Wolof people of the Greater Senegambia region and the urban panethnic identity that arose during colonialism.

  8. Wolof music - Wikipedia

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    A group of musicians at the village of Mbour, playing a kora, a gongoba drum and a guitar.. The Wolof, the largest ethnic group in Senegal, have a distinctive musical tradition that, along with the influence of neighboring Fulani, Tukulor, Serer, Jola, and Malinke cultures, has contributed greatly to popular Senegalese music, and to West African music in general.

  9. Category:Senegalese singers - Wikipedia

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