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Music of Mali at AllExperts (1931 words) |
 | The music of Mali is dominated by forms derived from the ancient Mande Empire. |
| The Mandinka live in Mali, The Gambia and Senegal and their music is influenced by their neighbors, especially the Wolof and Jola, two of the largest groups in Senegal. |
| The modern form of wassoulou music is a combination of hunter's songs with sogoninkun, a type of elaborate masked dance, and the music is largely based on the kamalengoni harp invented in the late 1950s by Allata Brulaye SidibÃ. |
| Bajourou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (159 words) |
| Bajourou (meaning 'big strings' or 'big tune') is the name given to a strain of Malian (Mali) pop music usually played at weddings and social gatherings. |
| Though now predominantly electric, its roots were in 60's acoustic music that borrowed patterns from the kora and the donsongoni (a hunting harp/guitar) and transferred them to acoustic guitars. |
| This article about African music is a stub. |
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