Mamarame Seck

Youssou Ndour (eBook, ePUB)

A Cultural Icon and Leader in Social Advocacy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about Senegalese Pop star Youssou Ndour, also known as the king of mbalax music. The word mbalax was the name given to a specific drumming beat. Today, it is used to name a musical genre played by Wolof and Serer percussionists to entertain people at almost every family event such as naming and wedding ceremonies, storytelling, dances, and others, generally held by Senegalese women. Almost all social and family events are, or can be, musicalized in Senegal: there is music for every social gathering and mbalax is the music genre that most often accompanies such events. Mbalax music groups mix sabar instruments, which include the cóol, làmb, ndënd, mbë¿-mbë¿, ndeer, tüune, and tama, also known as "talking drum," with modern elements such as electric and bass guitars, trumpets and keyboards.

Ndour has substantially contributed to the popularity of mbalax music throughout the world. The book retraces the artist's early career and life-changing events and encounters, song repertoire themes and hits, conquest of the international scene and years of glory and international recognition, interests in media and television businesses, activism and political engagement of one among the one hundred most influential personalities of the world, according to Time magazine in 2007. The author analyzes Ndour's philosophical stance, religious beliefs, and wisdom through analysis of his rich song repertoire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781433171888
• Artikelnr.: 60643999

Autorenporträt

Mamarame Seck received his PhD in linguistics from the University of Florida, Gainesville. He currently works at IFAN, at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, Senegal. He published his first book, Narratives as Muslim Practice in Senegal, with Peter Lang in 2012.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations - Preface - Acknowledgments - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Youssou Ndour, the Child of Medina - The Genesis of a New Musical Genre: The Mbalax - Themes and Hits of Youssou Ndour's Song Repertoire - Youssou Ndour: A Griot Sufi Poet? - The Years of Glory and International Recognition - Youssou Ndour Beyond Music - References - Conclusion - Testimonies - Selected Songs with English Translations.