Senegal has a rich history of traditional music - and this lives on as it influences the west Africa n country's modern music today.
I found that in Senegal, a country steeped in Islamic religion and tradition, there was a great push for traditional music to be preserved so that cultural values and tradition would be passed on to the next generations. In combining elements of traditional and modern music into a style known as tradi-modern music, musicians have created what they callModern songs in Senegal tend to contain messages about love and relationships.
For us, you must not forget your origins. You must not forget our traditions. You can say more with traditional music than without traditional music. Traditional music not only incorporates instruments that were used to make music long ago, and still are used, it contains messages that instruct the present and future generations in the ways people ought to conduct themselves. Preserving the music passes on the message. As one musician put it:
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