FLAC tracks | Folk, World | 39:54 | 253 MbStill untouched by human settlement barely 500 years ago, the islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Reunion Island, Rodrigues and the Seychelles were colonized by Europeans (French, English and Dutch) from the end of the 16th century on and operated as trading posts on the Indian route.

Slaves were deported from Africa and Madagascar to cultivate coffee, spices and sugar cane.

On the margins of the plantations, during clandestine gatherings, they exorcised their daily lives through percussion, singing and dancing.

It is the tschiéga, chéga or sega, from Mozambique and Malagasy influence.

The gradual appropriation by the Creole populations of Western instruments and European melodic traditions (quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, scottish, romances, mazurkas), as well as the cultural contribution of committed workers from India laid the foundations of the modern sega.

Tracklist:01. Cyril Labonne – Roseda (3:00)02. Harold Berty – Pas bisin batte li (3:21)03. Los Fantasios – Assez pleuré (3:31)04. Jean Claude Gaspard – Faire l’amour pas faire la guerre (3:35)05. Ti L’Afrique – La misère noire (3:15)06. Michel Admette – Zanguille 4 couleurs (4:32)07. Claudio – To crier la misère (3:58)08. Georges Armel – Trouloulou (2:45)09. Michel Legris – La vie sa pauvre femme la (2:59)10. Thermogène – Ranne moi mon coq (3:50)11. Serge Lebrasse – A cause sa cyclone la (2:52)12. John Wirtz – Malheur l’arac (2:18)