History of Music in Mauritania

Mauritania music comes mainly from the country’s largest ethnic group which is the Moors. Musicians from Moorish society occupy the lowest...

Mauritania music comes mainly from the country’s largest ethnic group which is the Moors. Musicians from Moorish society occupy the lowest class, iggawin. Artists from this class used song to praise successful warriors as well as their patrons. Iggawin also have the traditional role of massagers, spreading news between the villages. The new Mauritania professional artists are paid for their performance; wealthy patrons sometimes record the entertainment more than the artists themselves and they are considered to own the recording.
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The traditional instruments include the hourglass-shaped four-stringed lute known as tidinit and the woman’s kora-like ardin. The drumming instruments include the tbal (a kettele drum) and daghumma (which is a rattle).

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