Seggae
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Seggae is a fusion genre of sega, the traditional music of the Mascarene Islands, and reggae. Seggae is one of the most popular music genres in Mauritius.
[edit] Origin
It was invented in the mid 1980s by the Mauritian Rastafari singer, Joseph Reginald Topize who was commonly known as Kaya, after a song title by Bob Marley. He campaigned for rights of the Mauritian Creole people. [1]Kaya died in prison in 1999.[1]
A popular Réunionese seggae musician is Baster.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Mauritius, Réunion & Seychelles. Lonely Planet. 2007. p. 45. ISBN 1741047277, 9781741047271. http://books.google.de/books?id=x6dxoKuhDIIC&pg=PA44&dq=origin+sega+music&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=origin%20sega%20music&f=false. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
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