Ninie Doniah

Ninie Doniah
Birth name Virginie Bezara
Born Madagascar
Genres Salegy
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments Voice

Ninie Doniah is a Malagasy singer and composer of salegy music that originates from the northern coastal area of Madagascar, including her birthplace of Nosy Be. She descends from a musical family: her grandmother was a celebrated singer of the traditional jijy vako-drazana antakarana.[1]

Doniah is commonly termed the "Queen of Salegy", in counterpoint to the "King of Salegy," superstar Jaojoby. She is considered one of the best female salegy performers in a genre dominated by men, and is the most well-recognized and successful female ambassadors of the genre outside of Madagascar.[2] She has recorded more than six albums since the mid-1990s and continues to tour throughout Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Rencontres radiophoniques avec Ninie Doniah" (in French). Echos du Capricorne. 2001. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. ↑ ""Soma Salegy" - Ninie Doniah". Virtual WOMEX. 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.

References

  • Anderson, Ian (2000). "Ocean Music from Southeast Africa". The Rough Guide to World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Rough Guides. pp. 523–532. ISBN 9781843535515.
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