Jump to content

Talk:Music of Mauritania

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Music

[edit]

The music of Mauritania comes predominantly from the country's largest ethnic group: the Moors. In Moorish society musicians occupy the lowest caste, iggawin. Musicians from this caste used song to praise successful warriors as well as their patrons. Iggawin also had the traditional role of messengers, spreading news between villages. In modern Mauritania, professional musicians are paid by anybody to perform; affluent patrons sometimes record the entertainment, rather than the musicians themselves, and are then considered to own the recording. 41.223.97.49 (talk) 07:40, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]