Mardoum
Summary
Mardoum is a song-and-dance rhythm associated particularly with Baggara cattle-herding communities of western and southern Kordofan, and with modern Kordofan popular-song development. The community performance and its arranged professional forms are connected but not identical. It is not a generic name for all music from Kordofan or the Nuba Mountains. [1]
Contemporary and trending
Mohamed Adam's 2021 collaborative heritage work incorporates Mardoum as a specific western resource. Abdelgadir Salim's earlier professional work helped give Kordofan materials a much wider public. Salim died on16 December 2025, as confirmed by the dated Cabinet obituary; his continued repertoire and influence should be discussed as legacy rather than described as new personal activity. [1] [2]
History
Kordofan musicians' movement into the national song public is part of a two-way rural–urban history. Regional material did not simply receive a finished modern form from Khartoum: performers brought their own resources and ideas to central institutions. Sikainga's account identifies Salim and other musicians as important to this transformation during the 1970s. [3]
Musical characteristics
Adam describes alternating leading women singers and chorus, with men responding vocally and through movement. The dance's cattle-associated bodily imagery belongs to its social setting, not a claim that all Baggara music uses the same pattern. Professional arrangements can relocate rhythmic and vocal resources into a different ensemble and occasion. [1]
Geography and communities
The principal field follows western/southern Kordofan's documented musical landscape. A lower central Sudanese field acknowledges modern-song circulation. This keeps a regional foundation visible without using the fame of an individual singer to make every Sudanese area an equally strong Mardoum public. Neighboring pastoral and farming communities sustain other named practices. [1] [4]
Artists
Abdelgadir Salim is a foundational professional reference, whose cultural and academic contribution is recognized in both specialist and official accounts. Mohamed Adam represents a later research-and-creation approach to regional material. Their different roles should be distinguished from the community singers, chorus members and dancers whose practice is integral to Mardoum. [4] [2] [1]
Representative performances
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| traditional | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note | MuGlobe favorite | Current hit | Authentic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misseriya community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | المردوم... حينما تجتمع العراقة والإيقاع في قلب كردفان | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rSie67NL53U | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: gazaly gumaa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Video publication: 2026-07-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[5] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: gazaly gumaa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | الجنزير التقيل / د.عبدالقادر سالم / مهرجان المانيا | https://www.youtube.com/embed/gQ_TackpS3E | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: منتدي وطن الجمال . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Video publication: 2025-12-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[6] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: منتدي وطن الجمال . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Orupaap Musical Group | Lemon Bara | ليمون بارا (Orupaap Musical Group - فرقة أورباب الموسيقية) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/A_7j6iLYdL0 | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Safeguarding Sudan's Living Heritage. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Lemon Bara: heritage project’s primary2024 caption explicitly identifies the Mardoum rhythm, Yusuf Hasab al-Dayem’s original rababa song and Abdel Gadir Salim’s later interpretation. Actual Orupaap ensemble performs this reworking; historical artists are not substituted as current voices. Video publication: 2024-09-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[7] | popular | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Safeguarding Sudan's Living Heritage. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Lemon Bara: heritage project’s primary2024 caption explicitly identifies the Mardoum rhythm, Yusuf Hasab al-Dayem’s original rababa song and Abdel Gadir Salim’s later interpretation. Actual Orupaap ensemble performs this reworking; historical artists are not substituted as current voices. | false | false | false |
| Mihad Murtada | مهاد مرتضى - جنزير التقيل | Mihad Murtada - jenzeer Altageel | https://www.youtube.com/embed/w16a5fMR3QU | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Televzyon - تلفزيون. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Jinzeer al-Tagil2024: primary programme identifies actual performer and specific established Mardoum work. Televzyon publishes, not vocalist. Video publication: 2024-06-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] | popular | unknown | unknown | music-video | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Televzyon - تلفزيون. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Jinzeer al-Tagil2024: primary programme identifies actual performer and specific established Mardoum work. Televzyon publishes, not vocalist. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | مردوم بريق القبلي ضوى عبدالقادر سالم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/BQlPG2-dxnU | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Nizar Ghanem. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Video publication: 2024-01-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Nizar Ghanem. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | مردوم جيناكي زي وزين عبدالقادر سالم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/INvQGakImWs | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Nizar Ghanem. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Video publication: 2024-01-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Nizar Ghanem. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | عبد القادر سالم ( نجوم الليل ) 1977 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/zcHcZXbKzug | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: NASHWAN CH-5. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Documented performance/session: 1977. Video publication: 2023-12-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] | popular | unknown | 1977 | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: NASHWAN CH-5. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Documented performance/session: 1977. | false | false | false |
| Misseriya community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | تراث مسيرية مردوم غرب كردفان | https://www.youtube.com/embed/hxJ1nuKj_1A | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: غرَّابي /GHURRABI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Video publication: 2023-05-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: غرَّابي /GHURRABI. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. | false | false | false |
| Misseriya community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم حمام طار تراث المسيريه | https://www.youtube.com/embed/J9t76_Lj1mA | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: قناة بوادي كردفان-TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Video publication: 2023-05-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: قناة بوادي كردفان-TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. | false | false | false |
| Mardoum singers of Talodi (individuals uncredited) | مردوم تلودي | https://www.youtube.com/embed/E71EFwdv9zs | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: alrasheed alnour. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Talodi Mardoum performance identified by its primary title; recorder alrasheed alnour is not substituted as singer. Video publication: 2023-03-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: alrasheed alnour. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Talodi Mardoum performance identified by its primary title; recorder alrasheed alnour is not substituted as singer. | false | false | false |
| Misseriya community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | تراث(المردوم) مسيرية..غرب كردفان. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/PMW2jOFpg20 | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: دليل المرحال. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Video publication: 2021-08-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: دليل المرحال. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. | false | false | false |
| Baggara Mardoum singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | تراث قبائل البقارة على إيقاع المردوم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/0ZeSLwgOaSw | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: زول 7 | Zoal 7. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Baggara Mardoum sung-dance performances; source captions and actual public ensemble images support particular form, not every Baggara naggara rhythm. Video publication: 2021-07-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: زول 7 | Zoal 7. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Baggara Mardoum sung-dance performances; source captions and actual public ensemble images support particular form, not every Baggara naggara rhythm. | false | false | false |
| Misseriya community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | تراث البقارة مردوم 2020م | https://www.youtube.com/embed/M9me_PSzl0Y | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: عدي_العالمي | Odai_Alalamy . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Documented performance/session: 2020. Video publication: 2021-01-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] | traditional | unknown | 2020 | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: عدي_العالمي | Odai_Alalamy . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Documented performance/session: 2020. | false | false | false |
| Baggara Mardoum singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/_-6plV5a33I | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Hamad Kmgan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Baggara Mardoum sung-dance performances; source captions and actual public ensemble images support particular form, not every Baggara naggara rhythm. Video publication: 2020-08-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Hamad Kmgan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Baggara Mardoum sung-dance performances; source captions and actual public ensemble images support particular form, not every Baggara naggara rhythm. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | Ghâba nawmî | https://www.youtube.com/embed/sEUErl9rNpc | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Abdel Gadir Salim - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Distributor release: 1999-01-01; reissue date does not establish original recording. Video publication: 2019-12-08; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] | popular | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Abdel Gadir Salim - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Distributor release: 1999-01-01; reissue date does not establish original recording. | false | false | false |
| Ismail Issa | مردوم إسماعيل عيسي | https://www.youtube.com/embed/49-4_U_21aQ | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: اسماعيل عيسى. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own-source Mardoum instrumental: caption identifies the artist as organ/keyboard player, not automatically vocalist. Video publication: 2018-12-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] | popular | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: اسماعيل عيسى. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own-source Mardoum instrumental: caption identifies the artist as organ/keyboard player, not automatically vocalist. | false | false | false |
| Misseriya community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم المسيرية تراث كردفاني | https://www.youtube.com/embed/vQQ-vFudEpA | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Musa Ibrahim. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Video publication: 2018-11-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Musa Ibrahim. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. | false | false | false |
| Misseriya community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم.. المسيرية.. غرب كردفان | https://www.youtube.com/embed/mIfLhdlMrkE | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: دليل المرحال. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. Video publication: 2018-09-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: دليل المرحال. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific public Mardoum musical performances identified by captions as Misseriya/West Kordofan repertoire. Source images show distinct public community performance contexts; publishers/recordists are not invented as singers.2020 is a stated occasion only for its identified recording;2026 upload does not date all footage. | false | false | false |
| Mardoum singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم زى الرصاص | https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_Hb-lR5vX4 | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: وطنى امين. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. Video publication: 2017-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: وطنى امين. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | عبدالقادر ساُلم ( يا سجالة الجدي مالة ) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/iCs-iTVokBM | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: IssamMusic # عصام ميوزك. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Video publication: 2017-06-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: IssamMusic # عصام ميوزك. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Abbas Abdo | الجنزير التقيل تراث كردفاني سوداني اداء عباس عبدو | https://www.youtube.com/embed/yXWruDX9t6M | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: alshewahiالشويحي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Al-Jinzeer al-Tagil: specifically identified Kordofani/Mardoum traditional work in a different named performer’s rendition, not another upload of Salim’s recording. Video publication: 2017-06-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] | popular | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: alshewahiالشويحي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Al-Jinzeer al-Tagil: specifically identified Kordofani/Mardoum traditional work in a different named performer’s rendition, not another upload of Salim’s recording. | false | false | false |
| Hawazma community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم الحوازمه | https://www.youtube.com/embed/g8yGiS0vsIM | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: mousa aboubaker. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific identified Hawazma Mardoum community performances, distinct source scenes. No personal credits invented from publisher identity. Video publication: 2016-09-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: mousa aboubaker. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific identified Hawazma Mardoum community performances, distinct source scenes. No personal credits invented from publisher identity. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | عبدالقادر سالم - المريود | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yd5RrDGYuiI | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Best Sudanese Music | عيون الغناء السودانى. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Video publication: 2014-01-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Best Sudanese Music | عيون الغناء السودانى. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | عبد القادر سالم ليمون بارا | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dzb4XF81GkA | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Mamoun Ibrahim. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Video publication: 2014-01-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Mamoun Ibrahim. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Mardoum singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/5iNMwU5bTqI | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Hassan ahmed abeirse. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. Video publication: 2014-01-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Hassan ahmed abeirse. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. | false | false | false |
| Mardoum singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | تراث مردوم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/SUXVsh0RL3U | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: عيسي موسي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. Video publication: 2013-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[30] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: عيسي موسي. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | عبد القادر سالم حليوه يا بسامه | https://www.youtube.com/embed/zS9g1mNdWvU | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Mamoun Ibrahim. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Video publication: 2013-06-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[31] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Mamoun Ibrahim. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Hawazma community singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | مردوم الحوازما | https://www.youtube.com/embed/4tn29gJPjn8 | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Zool. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific identified Hawazma Mardoum community performances, distinct source scenes. No personal credits invented from publisher identity. Video publication: 2013-05-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[32] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Zool. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific identified Hawazma Mardoum community performances, distinct source scenes. No personal credits invented from publisher identity. | false | false | false |
| Mardoum singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | احلي مردوم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/_UgBWoCi35I | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: jabrro22. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. Video publication: 2013-03-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[33] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: jabrro22. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. | false | false | false |
| Hawazma community singers (individuals uncredited) | ...مردوم السبعينات..بجعاية الدونكي | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q19rA_UY9DY | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Custms and Traditions of Hawazma Tribes In Sudan , Ayal Atyia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Publisher’s tribal-customs archive identifies a1970s Mardoum source from Bjayaa/Donki. Historical decade is source attribution, not an exact verified session date; source image is a still/audio presentation. Video publication: 2013-03-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[34] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Custms and Traditions of Hawazma Tribes In Sudan , Ayal Atyia. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Publisher’s tribal-customs archive identifies a1970s Mardoum source from Bjayaa/Donki. Historical decade is source attribution, not an exact verified session date; source image is a still/audio presentation. | false | false | false |
| Shumous | شموس - غاب تومى | https://www.youtube.com/embed/360_AuZqsTM | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: sudansongs. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Ghab Tomi: particular reinterpretation of Salim’s Mardoum work on Aghani wa Aghani2012,episode12. Caption identifies Salim’s presence, not automatically a co-lead vocal credit. Documented performance/session: 2012. Video publication: 2012-07-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[35] | popular | unknown | 2012 | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: sudansongs. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Ghab Tomi: particular reinterpretation of Salim’s Mardoum work on Aghani wa Aghani2012,episode12. Caption identifies Salim’s presence, not automatically a co-lead vocal credit. Documented performance/session: 2012. | false | false | false |
| Mardoum singers and percussionists (individuals uncredited) | المردوم المقلب | https://www.youtube.com/embed/VxIm3fHB2W0 | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: احمد جادالكريم جمعه. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. Video publication: 2011-06-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[36] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: احمد جادالكريم جمعه. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum sung/percussion performances, including explicitly named Muqallab variant. Primary caption and distinct source-context evidence retained; uncredited musicians remain honestly uncredited rather than assigned uploader names. | false | false | false |
| Saad (keyboard; further credits uncredited) | sudanese music mardoum مردوم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/5jinbi0X3GE | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: sadolley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum keyboard performance; primary caption explicitly credits keyboard Saad,Manchester. Diaspora adaptation retains Sudanese repertoire; geography does not certify the performer’s nationality. Video publication: 2009-12-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[37] | popular | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: sadolley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Mardoum keyboard performance; primary caption explicitly credits keyboard Saad,Manchester. Diaspora adaptation retains Sudanese repertoire; geography does not certify the performer’s nationality. | false | false | false |
| Abdel Gadir Salim | اللوري حلّ بيّ - الفنان عبدالقادر سالم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/fKyeKp0fD9A | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Moyasser87. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Primary recordist specifically describes Mardoum Baggara rhythm and audience participation. Video publication: 2009-10-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[38] | popular | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: Moyasser87. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Al-Maryood,Bariq al-Qibli,Ghaba Nawmi,Nujum al-Layl,Al-Lorry,Jinaki Zay Zayn,Jinzeer al-Tagil,Lemon Bara,Ya Sajala and Haliwa Ya Bassama repertoire from the documented Kordofan Mardoum singer’s source/recording archives. Explicit Mardoum title/caption where supplied; separate named works rather than wholesale artist-catalogue import. Later uploads/reissues do not establish new sessions. Primary recordist specifically describes Mardoum Baggara rhythm and audience participation. | false | false | false |
| Mardoum keyboard musician (uncredited) | sudanese music mardoum العاجكو مردوم | https://www.youtube.com/embed/6bmFanJ0jCU | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: sadolley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Al-Ajako Mardoum instrumental adaptation from the same recordist network; no singer identity invented where the source supplies none. Video publication: 2009-03-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[39] | popular | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Mardoum musical recording. Source: sadolley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Al-Ajako Mardoum instrumental adaptation from the same recordist network; no singer identity invented where the source supplies none. | false | false | false |
Related genres
Hajouri identifies a distinct Darfur vocal/dance practice. Sudanese popular song encompasses some professional circulation of regional resources. Jarari, associated with other western pastoral settings, should also remain distinguishable rather than be treated as an automatic alternative spelling of Mardoum. [40]
References and further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mirath:Music — A Musical Landscape. Access note: Relevant Sudanese contribution read.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sudanese Cabinet obituary of Abdelgadir Salim,16 December2025. Access note: Full indexed Arabic statement read, independently consistent with family announcement reporting.
- ↑ Ahmad Sikainga, A Short History of Sudanese Popular Music, The Sudan Handbook (2011),242–253. Access note: Full music chapter read from public PDF. Historical analysis used; evaluative2011 claims about declining quality and present activity are not adopted as current facts.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ICTM Bulletin 147, Sudan report. Access note: Indexed Sudan/Mardoum passage read.
- ↑ المردوم... حينما تجتمع العراقة والإيقاع في قلب كردفان.
- ↑ الجنزير التقيل / د.عبدالقادر سالم / مهرجان المانيا .
- ↑ Lemon Bara | ليمون بارا (Orupaap Musical Group - فرقة أورباب الموسيقية).
- ↑ مهاد مرتضى - جنزير التقيل | Mihad Murtada - jenzeer Altageel.
- ↑ مردوم بريق القبلي ضوى عبدالقادر سالم.
- ↑ مردوم جيناكي زي وزين عبدالقادر سالم.
- ↑ عبد القادر سالم ( نجوم الليل ) 1977.
- ↑ تراث مسيرية مردوم غرب كردفان.
- ↑ مردوم حمام طار تراث المسيريه.
- ↑ مردوم تلودي.
- ↑ تراث(المردوم) مسيرية..غرب كردفان..
- ↑ تراث قبائل البقارة على إيقاع المردوم.
- ↑ تراث البقارة مردوم 2020م.
- ↑ مردوم.
- ↑ Ghâba nawmî.
- ↑ مردوم إسماعيل عيسي.
- ↑ مردوم المسيرية تراث كردفاني.
- ↑ مردوم.. المسيرية.. غرب كردفان.
- ↑ مردوم زى الرصاص.
- ↑ عبدالقادر ساُلم ( يا سجالة الجدي مالة ).
- ↑ الجنزير التقيل تراث كردفاني سوداني اداء عباس عبدو.
- ↑ مردوم الحوازمه.
- ↑ عبدالقادر سالم - المريود.
- ↑ عبد القادر سالم ليمون بارا.
- ↑ مردوم.
- ↑ تراث مردوم.
- ↑ عبد القادر سالم حليوه يا بسامه.
- ↑ مردوم الحوازما.
- ↑ احلي مردوم.
- ↑ ...مردوم السبعينات..بجعاية الدونكي.
- ↑ شموس - غاب تومى.
- ↑ المردوم المقلب.
- ↑ sudanese music mardoum مردوم.
- ↑ اللوري حلّ بيّ - الفنان عبدالقادر سالم.
- ↑ sudanese music mardoum العاجكو مردوم.
- ↑ Jarary and Mardoum in western Sudan. Access note: Indexed relevant distinction read.
Hotspot mushrooms
Western and southern Kordofan community practice is the core; modern central-song circulation is a lower adopted landscape. A major artist’s national reputation is not a countrywide uniform field.
The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mardoum-kordofan | Western and southern Kordofan Mardoum landscape | 11.7 | 29.4 | 540 | 0.62 | Baggara-associated community repertoire and regional popular-song development. |
| mardoum-central-adoption | Central Sudanese Mardoum popular-song circulation | 15.3 | 32.45 | 500 | 0.32 | Lower professional and mediated adoption beyond the heartland. |