Senegal and Gambia are popular in North West African area for their famous, national dancing music known as Mbalax. It is also identified as Mbalakh. The synthetic touch of western jazz, soul and rock and the admixture of Sabar the classic drumming tends to make this so chromatic and melodious. The name is offered due to the heavy use of the rhythms referred to as mbalax. Mbalax, The National
The West African Mbalax
