NEBA SOLO : MOUSSO

Neba Solo comes from Sikasso on the Wassoulon land in south of Mali.

Populations in wassoulon mainly consists from ancient migration of sedentarised Fulà peoples mixed with bamanan peoples.

This is the country of the hunters, called "donzo" who had a strong role in social buiding in Malian traditional society,  instead of which,  indeed, hunting is often more about transmitting a way-of life principles and a initiatic rite than is a effective economical need.

On this land, no matter of "Nyamakala" ( name for the Djeli, the iron workers, and others economical casts except nobles and military) or not to express a self musical abilities.   

Donzo have them own, that influenced the whole region, with typical use of Donzo ngoni, also named Kamalen ngoni ( transl : youth's ngoni )  and karignan ( sometimes written karin or krin ) , a kind of harshy and roughly metallic sounding guiro in iron.

Here is the north of the Bala area,  that go down in west in Malinké area of  Guinée, and in east to the  Sénoufo land on Ivory Coast.

A tribute to women and another big malian hit tune of the last decade,  I hear a syncopated thing close to reggae feeling inside the groove, don't you ?  Oriental touch on the melody  surely  come from Fulà musical background in Wassoulon music.