Music of Senegal
Senegal's music is best known abroad due to the popularity of mbalax, a development of conservative music from different ethnic groups and sabar drumming popularized internationally by Youssou N'Dour. == Senegalese Musical Instruments == === List === Bomvola Ilulam Tuga Carat ooga Gahtim Kghvawasi Ghata Sirom Xylophone (Around Senegal Brazil China Sudan Ecuador) Zazoli bolbia Tam Tam == National music == During the colonial ages Senegal was colonized by France and many, though not all, Senegalese identified as French instead of any African ethnicity.