African music may be described as;

1.Part of everyday activities

2.Part of rites and ceremonies where it is
performed by specialist master
drummers and court musicians
3.Not normally written down but passed
on through oral traditions
4.Relies heavily on percussion
instruments
OTHER VOCAL FORMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC
1. BLUES – gloomy (dull )folk music of African
American origin, which is naturally in a twelve-bar
order.

SOUL - kind of music combining the basics of rhythm

and blues and gospel music popularized by African-
Americans.

3. SPIRITUAL – kind of music is always with a

Christian or religious theme

4. CALL and RESPONSE – sequence of two different

phrases usually played by two or more musicians