Wassoulou music

Wassoulou is a genre of West African popular music named for the Wassoulou cultural area.
Wassoulou music is performed mostly by women. Some recurring themes in the lyrics are childbearing, fertility, and polygamy. Instrumentation includes soku, djembe drum, kamalen n'goni, karinyan and bolon. The vocals are often passionate and emphatic, and delivered in a call-and-response pattern.
Prominent Wassoulou artists include Nahawa Doumbia, Oumou Sangaré, Fatoumata Diawara, Coumba Sidibe, Dienaba Diakite, Kagbe Sidibe, Sali Sidibe, and Jah Youssouf.