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Zap Mama
Belgian-Congolese Afro-pop Musician
Zap Mama is a Belgian singer-songwriter, performer, composer, lyricist, activist, video artist and ethno-vocal therapist born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raised in Belgium. Zap Mama sings polyphonic and afro-pop music, a harmonic music with a mixture of infused African vocal techniques, urban, hip hop with emphasis on voice.[1] In order to explore and discover the vast world of oral tradition music, she travels throughout Africa, learning, exchanging and sharing information about healing songs, lullabies, mourning, and practising polyphony with griots (bards), Tartit tuareg women, Dogons, Peulhs, Pygmies, Mangbetus, Zulus and others.
Zap Mama's worldwide success began with a quintet of polyphonic female singers, whose unique vocal polyphony style has inspired influences in American hip hop, nu-soul, jazz and elements of pop. Her song "Iko-iko" was featured in the film Mission: Impossible II.
Sources of Zap Mama's music
[edit]Sources of Zap Mama's music include Daulne's roots in the Democratic Republic of Congo, her upbringing in Belgium, and her return to Africa to rediscover her musical roots.
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Members include Marie Afonso; Marie Daulne (born in Zaire, Africa; studied at Antwerp School of Jazz); Sabine Kabongo; Sylvie Nawasadio; Sally Nyolo; Lene Christiansen; Tonya Daese; Chantal Willie. Addresses: Record company--Luaka Bop/Warner Bros. Records, 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505-4694. Website--Zap Mama Official Website: http://www.zap-mama.com.
In 1993 Zap Mama--five European women vocalists of African descent--was offered the opportunity to do a Coca-Cola commercial; at first, the group resisted. "But we do like Robin Hood," Marie Daulne, the group's founder, told Melinda Newman of Billboard in 1994. "I thought there is money there that can go to help people. I see poor people and think, 'Maybe one day when Zap Mama is over, I can help people.' Then I thought, I can help people now."
The women in Zap Mama (pronounced in the French manner, with the accent on the second syllable of "Mama") decided that they would use the income the commercial generated to build a school in Africa. That opportunity and its resolution is typical of the group, an a capella world music outfit that has helped the genre i