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The music of the Gambia is closely linked musically with that of its neighbor, Senegal, which surrounds its inland frontiers completely. Among its prominent musicians is Foday Musa Suso . Mbalax is a widely known popular dance music of the Gambia and neighbouring Senegal .
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.
Jaliba Kuyateh is a Gambian musician. [1] He is well known internationally as the "King of Kora." His music mixes traditional kora beats with modern pop music and is often referred to as "kora pop. "[citation needed] [2] Kuyateh is a former school teacher, a resident of Brikama, and performs extensively abroad.
Musa Ngum (or Musa Afia Ngum, also spelled as "Moussa Ngom"; born 1953 [2] in Fatoto, Kantora District in the Upper River Division, The Gambia; died 11 October 2015 at the Dantec Hospital (Fr.: Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec), Dakar, Senegal [2]) was a singer and songwriter who was very popular in Senegal and Gambia.
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Susso ended his civil service career in order to resume his traditional role, becoming the chief kora player of The Gambia National Cultural Troupe under the Ministry of Education and Culture. In 1974, he left that position, founding his own cultural organization: The Manding Music and Dance Limited.
A griot, Sosseh was born in Bathurst, British Gambia (now Banjul, the Gambia) on 12 March 1943.Through his mother Aji Mariama Mbaye, commonly referred to as Aja Jankey Mbaye, he is related to the Senegambian musician Musa Ngum and Gambian historian Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof.