Rémi Jegaan Dioh (also Rémi Diégane Dioh) is a Senegalese singer, author, composer and guitarist.Le Soleil (Senegal): Rémi Jegaan Dioh : La musique sérère est « riche, mais peu exploitée » (6 January 2018) He is of Serer heritage and had worked with prominent artists like Yandé Codou Sène and toured in Europe particularly in France, the UK and Spain as well as the US with Fadiouth's choirs and the Martyrs of Uganda. He has also performed solo on the invitation of The Gambia's president Yahya Jammeh. His mother was a singer and his father was one of the most established dancers in Senegal.Ferloo Most of his music is sung in Serer.Midi press He was a teacher before venturing to the music business.Sunu News
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, Wolof and French based on the Serer Njuup music tradition (the progenitor of Mbalax).Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS) – The Herald He is among the first to introduce guitar on conservative Serer folk music and at one point to the dismay of the well established Serer Diva 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
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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