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During the colonial ages Senegal was colonized by France and many, though not all, Senegalese identified as French instead of any African ethnicity. [citation needed] Post-independence, the philosophy of negritude arose, which espoused the idea that the griot traditions of Senegal were as valid, classical and meaningful as French classical music.
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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 Mandinka cultures, has contributed greatly to popular Senegalese music, and to West African music in general.
Mbalax (or mbalakh) is the urban dance music of Senegal, Mauritania 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.
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