Music of Réunion

Réunion is located east of Madagascar and is a province (département) of France.

Séga is a popular style that mixes African and European music.

Maloya has a strong African element reflected in the use of slave chants and work songs.

[1] The most popular sega musicians include Baster, Ousanousava, and Ziskakan.

Other popular singers include Maxime Laope, Léon Céleste, Henri Madoré and Mapou, named after a kind of perfumed sugarcane candy.