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Racine tatane kikalit mo fr r seggae music
Seggae is a fusion genre of sega, the traditional music of the Mascarene Islands, and reggae. Seggae is one of the most popular music genres in Mauritius.
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Origin
It was invented in the mid 1980s by the Mauritian Rastafari singer Joseph Reginald Topize who was commonly known as Kaya, after a song title by Bob Marley. He campaigned for rights of the Mauritian Creole people. Kaya died in prison in 1999.
A popular Réunionese seggae musician is Baster.
References
Seggae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA