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Originally Posted by rostasi
Aby Ngana Diop - Liital
Late, great queen of mbalax.
She was unique in that she incorporated taasu,
a kind of social/moral rap form that was creatively wedded
to the mighty sabar drums used in the Senegalese form of mbalax.
Her nephew is the singer Cheikh Lô.
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I had never even heard of mbalax before but just looked it up and it sounds interesting. I'll have to give her stuff a listen.
Is Cheikh Lô any relation to Ismaël Lô? I was really into one of his albums at one point many years ago.