Mbalax to Move Your Body and Soul

I just discovered a great artists, Ami Collé. I love her voice and the rhythm of Mbalax, a popular dance music of The Gambia and Senegal.

According to Wikipedia:

Mbalax is a fusion of popular Western music and dance such as jazz, soul, Latin, and rock blended with sabar, the traditional drumming and dance music of Senegal. The genre’s name derived from the heavy use of accompanying rhythms used in sabar called mbalax.”

Sabar Dancing in Senegal

For tips on more Senegal and other African music, check out African Beat.

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8 Responses to “Mbalax to Move Your Body and Soul”

  1. Travel In Malacca 18. Jun, 2008 at #

    Hi, nice blog… I want exchange link with your blog, my travel blog is about my historical hometown, Malacca. Please leave me a message if you wanna exchange link with me. Thank you.

  2. Nomadic Matt 18. Jun, 2008 at #

    Erica-

    I blogged the last part the solo/group tour series today and mentioned your blog again! :)

    hope you got my email

  3. udlot 20. Jun, 2008 at #

    yeah! thats awsome!! i like it! loansrestructuring

  4. Erica Johansson 24. Jun, 2008 at #

    Travel In Malacca, Of course we can exchange links. I will add your blog at once.

    Matt, Thanks for mentioning my blog!

  5. Rhino Car Hire 24. Jun, 2008 at #

    Hey,

    The clips that you have provided is really awesome. A great blog and quite interesting too.

  6. Erica Johansson 24. Jun, 2008 at #

    Hey,
    Thanks. I’m glad you like it!

  7. Cyprus chick 04. Jul, 2008 at #

    Cool videos! Good blogging, keep it up :)

  8. Travel India 28. Oct, 2008 at #

    Hey,
    Thanks for these great videos that you have shared through this post.

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