Eusèbe Jaojoby
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Eusèbe Jaojoby is a Salegy
singer from the Sakalava
area of Madagascar
who has the reputation of being the "King of Salegy". He is generally known by his surname, Jaojoby.
Salegy
Salegy is a popular music genre from Madagascar. This Sub-Saharan African folk music originated in the northwestern coastal areas of Madagascar, an island in the Indian Ocean near the southeastern coast of Africa. Salegy is the genre of Malagasy music that has gained the widest recognition and...
singer from the Sakalava
Sakalava
The Sakalava are an ethnic group of Madagascar numbering approximately 700,000 in population. Their name means "people of the long valleys." They occupy the Western edge of the island from Toliara in the south to Sambirano in the north. The Sakalava denominate a number of smaller ethnic groups...
area of Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
who has the reputation of being the "King of Salegy". He is generally known by his surname, Jaojoby.
See also
- Music of MadagascarMusic of MadagascarThe highly diverse and distinctive music of Madagascar has been shaped by the musical traditions of Southeast Asia, Africa, Arabia, England, France and the United States as successive waves of settlers have made the island their home...
- Nicolas VatomangaNicolas VatomangaNicolas Vatomanga Andrianaivo Rakotovao, known as Nicolas Vatomanga is a Malagasy saxophonist, flutist, bandleader and composer. His music combines elements of jazz, blues, and traditional musics of Madagascar, including: the hira gasy of the Centre, the beko from the South, and the salegy from the...
(Malagasy Jazzman, also a Jaojoby musician)
External links
- wordmusiccentral.org: Jaojoby
- mondomix-media.com: Madagascar showcases: Jaojoby