Ndombolo
| Ndombolo | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Congolese rumba, Soukous |
| Cultural origins | 1990s Congo[1] |
| Typical instruments | Guitar (esp. fingerstyle), bass (esp. acoustic), drums, brass, vocals |
Ndombolo is a Congolese music genre and dance style[2] also popular in other African countries such as Kenya[3] and Madagascar. It is dervied from soukous.
This fast music currently dominating dance floors in central, eastern and western Africa is performed by Dany Engobo, Awilo Longomba, Aurlus Mabele, Koffi Olomide and groups like Extra Musica and Wenge Musica among others.
The hip-swinging dance to the fast pace of soukous ndombolo has come under criticism amid charges that it is obscene. There have been attempts to ban it in Mali, Cameroon and Kenya. After an attempt to ban it from state radio and television in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000, it became even more popular. In February 2005, ndombolo music videos in the DR Congo were censored for indecency, and video clips by Koffi Olomide, JB M'Piana and Werrason were banned from the airwaves.[4][5][6]
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- ↑ "Anger at Cameroon dance ban; BBC News", BBC News, July 25, 2000
- ↑ "Ndombolo music videos in DR Congo censored for indecency, Lifestyle News, February 11, 2005"
- ↑ "Why is this 'Ndombolo' generating so much heat?", Daily Nation (Kenya) October 11, 1998
