(Rare Footage) 🇲🇺 KAYA the King of Seggae LIVE with RACINETATANE 1991

Seggae is a musical style that mixes Sega (traditional Mauritian music) and Reggae. It was invented by Kaya, an extremely popular singer in Mauritius and whose death in 1999 led to violent riots in the country. Joseph Reginald Topize, also known as "Kaya" was born on the10th of August 1960. As a teenager, he discovers a passion for music and plays guitar. He also grow his hair and has dreadlocks. In the seventies, he is part of a band which plays Bob Marley's covers, but "Rasta" people suffer many prejudices in Mauritius, and sometimes venues don't want to accept him because of the way he acts and look. In spite of these difficulties, he starts playing at several concerts, and during a charity gig in Baie du Tombeau, the audience loves his Bob Marley's "Kaya" cover so much that he decides to change his name and be called "Kaya". In the eighties, he creates his own group, Racine Tatane (named after the famous Malagasy prince Ratsitatane, beheaded in Mauritius) and invents "Seggae" music, a mix of Reggae and Sega.