# Takamba

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{{Short description|African native music and dance}}
{{Infobox music genre
|name              = Takamba
|color             = 
|image             = Yacouba Moumouni at the Festival au Desert near Timbuktu, Mali 2012.jpg
|caption           = Nigérien singer and flautist [Yacouba Moumouni](/source/Yacouba_Moumouni) dancing Takamba
|stylistic_origins = 
|cultural_origins  = [Songhai Empire](/source/Songhai_Empire)
|popularity        = 
|derivatives       = 
|fusiongenres      = 
|subgenrelist      = 
|subgenres         = 
|regional_scenes   = [Mali](/source/Mali), [Niger](/source/Niger)
|other_topics      = [Bitti Harey](/source/Bitti_Harey)
}}
'''Takamba''' is a music and dance native to the [Songhai](/source/Songhai_people) and [Tuareg](/source/Tuareg_people) peoples of [Niger](/source/Niger) and [Mali](/source/Mali). It is both a musical composition and a dance. The musicians play a traditional instrument known as the [Kurbu or Tehardent](/source/Ngoni_(instrument)) and a traditional African [Calabash](/source/Calabash_(percussion)). The Takamba dance includes graceful and rhythmic movements performed both seated and standing where the shoulders and arms sway with the flow of the music.<ref>{{Citation|title=Super Khoumeisa Group|publisher=fatcard Records|url = https://fat-cat.co.uk/artist/super-khoumeissa|access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Andy|first=Morgan|year=2010|title=Super Onze de Gao|url = https://www.andymorganwrites.com/super-onze-de-gao-the-takamba-champions-of-the-niger-bend|access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |year=2014|title=Gao – Soirée culturelle 'Takamba pour la Paix'|publisher=MaliActu.net|url = https://maliactu.net/mali-gao-soiree-culturelle-takamba-pour-la-paix|access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last= |first= |year=2014 |title=Takamba, the other desert blues |publisher=afropop.org|publication-place= |page= |url=https://afropop.org/articles/takamba-the-other-desert-blues|access-date=}}</ref>

==Origin==

Takamba music and dance originated from the [Songhai Empire](/source/Songhai_Empire). Before being known as Takamba, it was performed by the nomadic [Tuareg](/source/Tuareg) [griots](/source/griots) and blacksmiths to celebrate the end of good harvest, cheer warriors back from the battle and to praise noble families. The griot in a sitting position, would play the [ngoni](/source/Ngoni_(instrument)) or commonly known by the Tuareg as "tehardent". The word ‘Takamba’ has its etymology from the [Songhai language](/source/Songhai_language) which literally means "take the hand".<ref>{{Citation |last=Trouillet|first=Caroline|year=2015|title=Takamba Music in Mali|publisher=Musicinafrica.net|url = https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/takamba-music-mali|access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Stone|first=Ruth M |year=1998|title=The Garland Encyclopaedia of World Music, Volume 1: Africa. New York and London|publisher=Garland Publishing, Inc}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Songhai Empire topics}}
Category:Culture of Mali
Category:Culture of Niger
Category:African dances
Category:Songhai Empire
Category:Tuareg culture

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