Rémi Jegaan Dioh (also ''Rémi Diégane Dioh'') is a

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singer, author, composer and guitarist.

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: ''Rémi Jegaan Dioh : La musique sérère est « riche, mais peu exploitée »'

(6 Jan 2018) He is of Serer people, Serer heritage and had worked with prominent artists like

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and toured in Europe particularly in France, the UK and Spain as well as the USA with Fadiouth's choirs and the

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. He has also performed solo on the invitation of The

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's president

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. His mother was a singer and his father was one of the most established dancers in

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.Ferloo
/ref> Most of his music is sung in Serer.Midi press
/ref> He was a teacher before venturing to the

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/ref> In 1985, with his song ''"Imbokatwa Xani"'', a call for unity, he won first prize in the music contest of the Bureau Sénégalais du Droit d'Auteur (BSDA). By 2 July 2009, he had composed over 364 songs in Serer,

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and French based on the Serer

Njuup The Njuup tradition is a Serer style of music rooted in the Ndut initiation rite, which is a rite of passage that young Serers must go through once in their lifetime as commanded in the Serer religion. The Culture trip "Youssou N'Dour: An Unlik ...

music tradition (the

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/ref> He is among the first to introduce guitar on conservative Serer

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and at one point to the dismay of the well established Serer

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Yandé Codou Sène who is stricter on Serer conservative tradition. In 1984, he wrote ''profane'', a religious cassette (2002), a religious CD and tape in (2006) and a secular CD in (March 2007).All Africa
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Some tracks include

*Rok Ndudaab *Te Yundox & Ma Gneuw Ba Fekala *Jokti Mbap Naa *Manga Siga *Bukar O Kor Niid *Maam Kura *Belew Kadii *HM!TOK'F A Refa *Remy Diegane chante Senghor

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