- Source: Wassoulou music
Wassoulou (Bambara: Wasolo) is a genre of West African popular music named for the Wassoulou cultural area.
Wassoulou music is performed mostly by women. Some recurring themes in the lyrics are childbearing, fertility, and polygamy. Instrumentation includes soku (a traditional fiddle sometimes replaced with modern imported instruments), djembe drum, kamalen n'goni (a six-stringed harp), karinyan (metal tube percussion) and bolon (a four-stringed harp). The vocals are often passionate and emphatic, and delivered in a call-and-response pattern.
Prominent Wassoulou artists include Nahawa Doumbia, Oumou Sangaré, Coumba Sidibe, Dienaba Diakite, Kagbe Sidibe, Sali Sidibe, Jah Youssouf, and Fatoumata Diawara.
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References
Duran, Lucy (2003). "Women, Music, and the 'Mystique' of Hunters in Mali". In Ingrid Monson (ed.). The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective. Taylor & Francis. pp. 154–186. ISBN 9780415967693.
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