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Who is your favorite

singer/s? Why?

Which of his/her song do you

like the most? Why?
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Guide Question
Share your ideas about
African music
What can you say about the
performance? How about the
music?
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Music of AFRICA
Music has been a vital part of the lives of
Africans. It was primarily performed during
rituals in the monumental parts of their lives
like birth, marriage, death, and war.
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Music of AFRICA
Jazz,
Gospel and Spiritual
Rhythm and Blues (RnB)
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Music of AFRICA

Traditional Music Vocal Music

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Music of AFRICA
Traditional Music
is mainly functional in nature which
is used primarily in ceremonial
rites.
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Traditional Music
1. Afrobeat - It is a term used to
describe the fusion of West African
with Black American music.
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2. Apala (Akpala) - It is a musical

genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba
tribal style to wake up the worshippers
after fasting during the Muslim holy
feast of Ramadan.
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3. Axe - It is a popular musical genre

from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It
fuses the Afro-Caribbean styles of
marcha, reggae, and calypso.
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4. Jit - It is a hard and fast percussive

Zimbabwean dance music played on
drums with guitar accompaniment
influenced by mbira-based guitar
styles.
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5. Jive - It is a popular form of South

African music featuring a lively and
uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a
form of swing dance.
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6. Juju - It is a popular music style from
Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba
rhythms. A drum kit, keyboard, pedal steel
guitar, and accordion are used along with
the traditional dun-dun (talking drum or
squeeze drum).
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7. Kwassa Kwassa – It is a music style

that begun in Zaire in the late 1980s
popularized by Kanda Bongo Man. In this
dance style, the hips move back and forth
while the arms move following the hips.
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8. Marabi – It is a South African three-
chord township music of the 1930s-1960s
which evolved into African Jazz. It is
characterized by simple chords in varying
vamping patterns and repetitive harmony
over an extended period.
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Traditional Music Vocal Music

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1. Maracatu – It is the combination of

strong rhythms of African percussion
instruments and Portuguese melodies. This
form of music is being paraded along the
streets by up to 100 participants.
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2. Blues – It is one of the most widely
performed musical forms of the late 19th
century. The melodies of blues are
expressive and soulful. The slaves and their
descendants used to sing these as they work
in the fields.
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3. Soul – It is a popular music genre of the
1950s and 1960s which originated in the
African-American community throughout
the United States. It combines elements of
African-American gospel music, rhythm and
blues, and often jazz.
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4. Spiritual – It originated in the Unites
States and created by African-American
slaves. It is also known as “Negro
Spiritual”. It became a means of imparting
Christian values and a way of venting their
hardships as slaves.
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5. Call and Response – It is likened to a

question and answer sequence in human
communication. The slaves used to sing
these songs while simultaneously doing all
their tasks in a day.