Ninie Doniah is a
Malagasy singer and composer of ''
salegy
Salegy is a popular music genre from Madagascar. Originating as a Sub-Saharan African folk music style in the northwestern coastal areas of Madagascar, modern salegy is the genre of Malagasy music that has gained the widest recognition and comm ...
'' music that originates from the northern coastal area of
Madagascar
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, including her birthplace of
Nosy Be
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. She descends from a musical family: her grandmother was a celebrated singer of the
traditional
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''jijy vako-drazana
antakarana
The Antankarana (or ''Antakarana'') are an ethnic groups of Madagascar, ethnic group of Madagascar inhabiting the northern tip of Madagascar, around Antsiranana. Their name means "the people of the ''tsingy''," the limestone rock formations that ...
''.
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.
She has recorded more than six albums since the mid-1990s and continues to tour throughout Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands.
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See also
*Music of Madagascar
The highly diverse and distinctive music of Madagascar has been shaped by the musical traditions of Southeast Asia, Africa, Oceania, Arabia, England, France and the United States over time as indigenous people, immigrants, and colonists have ma ...
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21st-century Malagasy women singers
20th-century Malagasy women singers