Réunion is a departement of France, and its population is mostly Francophone blacks, with some Indians and French minorities. Cultural traditions akin to Caribbean vodun are practiced, though discouraged by local authorities, including maloya music, which is strongly associated with Firmin Viry and Granmoun Lélé. Réunion is also, along with neighbor Mauritius, home to sega music. Taarab from Tanzania is popular as well. Other popular singers include Maxime Laope, Léon Céleste, Henri Madoré and Mapou, named after a kind of perfumed sugarcane candy. In the 20th century, Angola has been wracked by violence and political instability. ... Botswana is an African country made up of numerous ethnic groups, though the Batswana are the most numerous. ... Comoros is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, most an independent nation but also including the French territory of Mayotte. ... Lesotho is a Southern African nation surrounded entirely by South Africa. ... Madagascar is an island off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. ... Malawi is a country in Southern Africa, inhabited by a wide variety of ethnic groups; the Chewa being the single largest group. ... A woman performs the sega in Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius. ... Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony, and its native folk musics have been highly influenced by Portuguese forms. ... Namibia is a southern African country. ... The African nation of Swaziland, located in between South Africa and Mozambique, is an ancient land dominated by the Swazi people. ... The South African music scene includes both popular (jive) and folk forms. ... Zambia has had a quiet recent history compared to many of its neighbors, and has produced little music internationally released. ... Zimbabwean music includes folk and pop styles, much of it based on the well-known instrument the mbira. ... Réunion is an island, as well as an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... A Francophone is a person who speaks French natively or by adoption (i. ... The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ... The term Voodoo (Vodun in Benin; also Vodou or other phonetically equivalent spellings in Haiti; Vudu in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based religious tradition with primary roots among the Fon-Ewe peoples of West Africa, in the country now known as... The Republic of Mauritius is an island country in the southwest Indian Ocean, about 900 km east of Madagascar. ... Sega music is an evolved combination of traditional Mauritian and Réunionnais music with European dance music like polka and quadrilles. ... Taarab is a kind of East African music, most popular in Tanzania and Kenya. ... The United Republic of (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania in Swahili) is a country on the east coast of central Africa. ... Species -wild -wild -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Candy is a term for a type of confectionery prepared by dissolving sugar in water or milk and boiling it until it starts to caramelize. ...

Séga is a popular style that mixes African rhythms with European instrumentation. Maloya is a similar fusion, but with a strong African element reflected in the use of slave chants and work songs. A chant is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, either on a single pitch or with a simple notes and often including a great deal of repetition or statis. ... A work song is a typically acoustic rhythmic song sung by persons who are working in likely mundane conditions. ...

The song "Madina" deserves special mention. It was frequently played on the island's only radio station in the 1950s and 60s. The song was written by Maxime Laope, one of the island's most popular singers, and performed by another renowned singer, Henri Madoré. Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ...

References

• Ewens, Graeme and Werner Graebner. "A Lightness of Touch". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East, pp 505-508. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0