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Mbalax
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
- 1980s recordings
- 3
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Meet Mbalax
Mbalax is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Mbalax is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Thione Seck.
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Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreMbalax
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1980s · West Africa · Mbalax
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
3 recordings1980s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
1980s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1980s albums
LOCAL GRAPH
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