Arguably the most influential singular genre in Sudani pop music, “aghani albanat” “اغاني البنات” is an umbrella term that shades a variety of sub-genres and is used to describe folk music made by women and usually performed during popular ceremonies and social events (weddings, social gatherings, circumcisions, etc.) In itself, the musical form is very accessible as anyone is encouraged to come up with lyrics, whether just using clapping and call & response, or layering them over a huge canon of known regional and local melodies and their variants. Hence it is found across the entire country and serves as a uniting cultural influence from the smallest village to the largest urban center.

From popular wedding rhythms like sayra and tum-tum, to the tongue in cheek underground taboo lyrics of zanig, “aghani albanat” has contributed to all aspects of popular modern Sudanese sounds and its practitioners, women mostly, have touched all parts of popular music.