TRADITIONAL

MUSIC OF
AFRICA
African Music is largely functional in nature
Ceremonial rights such as: Work related
• Birth or
• Death Entertainment
• Marriage

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 Types of
African Music

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 Afrobeat

◍ Afrobeat is a term
used to describe the
fusion of West
African and Black
American music

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 Apala (Akpala)

◍ Apala came from Nigeria to

wake up the worshipers
during the Muslim holy
feast of Ramadan
◍ Yorubatribal Style
◍ Rattle(sekere),thumb piano
(agidigbo), bell (agogo),
and two or three talking
drums
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 Axe

◍ Axe is a popular music

genre that fuses the
Afro-Caribbean styles
of the marcha, reggae,
and calypso

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 Jit

◍ Jit is a hard and percussive

Zimbabwean dance music played on
drums with guitar accompaniment
influenced by mbira-based guitar
styles

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 Jive

◍ Jive is a popular form

of South African music
featuring a lively and
uninhabited variation
of the jitterbug, a
form of swing dance.

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 Juju

◍ Juju is a popular music

style that relies on the
traditional Yoruba rhythms
◍ Instruments are more
Western in origin

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 Kwasa Kwasa

◍ Kwasa Kwasa is a dance

style in which the hips
move back in forth while
the arms move following
the laps.
◍ Popularized by Kanda
Bongo Man

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 Marabi

◍ Marabi is a township music

which evolved into African
Jazz
◍ It is characterized by
simple chords in varying
vamping patterns and
repetitive harmony over an
extended period of time

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