Musa Ngum

Musa Ngum (anaa Musa Afia Ngum, wey people too dey spell as "Moussa Ngom"; dem born am 1953 for Fatoto, Kantora District insyd de Upper River Division, Gambia; he die 11 October 2015 for de Dantec Hospital (Fr.: Hôpital Aristide Le Dantec), Dakar, Senegal) be singer plus songwriter wey popular well-well for Senegal den Gambia. E be one of de pioneers of mbalax music, den e "help define de mbalax style of popular music insyd de Senegambia" den "e get strong influence on Youssou N'Dour den other mbalax pioneers".Janet Sturman (ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, SAGE Publications, 2019, p. 976. E be "some cult icon back insyd de Senegambia region, den pioneer of de mbalax fusion style"."Circulation Lampe Fall" Archived 2022-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rate Your Music.  De mbalax, wey e come from de Serer religious den ultra-conservative njuup music tradition wey dem dey sing during Ndut rites by boys wey dem circumcise (people too dey call dem "Kassak" songs) be de foundation of Ngum ein music career. E master plenty of de njuup classics den e build ein name for ein body while e dey develop ein voice.

 Partial Discography 

 Plus Guelewar 

 1979 Sama Yaye Demna N'Darr
 1980 Tasito
 1981 Warteef Jigeen
 1982 Dieuf Dieul Khadin Rassoul
 198? Xaley Ndakarou Vol. 2
 2011 Halleli N'Dakarou
 2012 Touki Ba Banjul: Acid Trip from Banjul to Dakar

 With Super Diamono 

 1985 Volume: Confederation
 1985 Volume: Pastêf
 1986 Borom Daarou
 1987 People

 Solo 

 1990 Banjul (under the name "Moussa Ngom et l'Ensemble Lyrique Traditionnel du Senegal")
 1995 Circulation Lampe Fall (under the name "Moussa Ngom et l'Ensemble Lyrique Traditionnel du Senegal")
 1995 (Goudi Ndakarou) En live au Sahel, Vol. 1 (live album)
 1996 Gal Gui
 1998 Alahou
 1999 Artist
 2003 (Goudi Ndakarou) En live au Sahel, Vol. 2 (live album)
 2006 Bajen Yandeh (Ngom)

 Awards 

 National Order of the Lion (Senegal)Observer Co., 2001, Gambian diary: July 1994 – October 2001, p. 129

 References 

 External links 
Vidéo mort de Moussa Ngom témoignages de Youssou Ndour, uploaded on TFM's official YouTube Channel (Tribute by Youssou N'Dour to Musa Ngum), uploaded on Oct 13, 2015 

Category:1953 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:Gambian people
Category:Human
Category:Wolof-language singers
Category:Serer singers
Category:World music musicians
Category:People wey komot Banjul
Category:Gambian Muslims
Category:Gambian pan-Africanists
Category:Recipients of orders, decorations, den medals of Senegal