MUSIC OF AFRICA

MUSIC
OF
AFRICA
African traditional music is
largely function in nature,
used primarily in ceremonial
rites.
AFROBEAT
It is a term used to describe the fusion of
West African with black American music.
APALA (AKPALA)
It is a musical genre from Nigeria in the
Yoruba Tribal Style, used to wake up the
worshippers after fasting during the
Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.
AXE
It is a popular musical genre from Salvador,
Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro-
Caribbean styles of the marcha, reggae,
and calypso, and is played by carnival
JIT
A hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean
dance music played on drums with guitar
accompaniment, influenced by mbira-
based guitar styles.
JIVE
It is popular from South African Music
featuring a lively and uninhibited variation
of the jitterbug (a form of swing dance)
JUJU
A popular music style from Nigeria that
relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms,
where the instruments are more Western
in origin.
KWASSA - KWASSA
It is a dance style begun in Zaire in the
late 1980’s, popularized by Kanda Bongo
Man. In this dance style, the hips move
back and forth while the arms follow the
hip movements.
MARABI
A South African three- chord township
music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved
into African Jazz.
Second Quarter
Quiz
Question Number 1
It is a dance style begun in
Zaire in the late 1980’s,
popularized by Kanda
Bongo Man.
Question Number 2
A South African three-
chord township music of the
1930s-1960s which evolved
into African Jazz.
Question Number 3
A hard and fast percussive
Zimbabwean dance music played
on drums with guitar
accompaniment, influenced by
mbira-based guitar styles
Question Number 4
It is known as the “talking
drum or squeeze drum”
Question Number 5
It is a rich and diverse
cultural heritage that exists
in hundreds of different
languages
Question Number 6
It is a musical genre from Nigeria in
the Yoruba Tribal Style, used to wake
up the worshippers after fasting
during the Muslim holy feast of
Ramadan.
Question Number 7
A popular music style from Nigeria
that relies on the traditional Yoruba
rhythms, where the instruments are
more Western in origin.
Question Number 8
It is described as the fusion
of West African and Black
American music.
Question Number 9
It is popular from South
African Music featuring a
lively and uninhibited
variation of the jitterbug
Question Number 10
It is a popular musical genre from
Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses
the Afro- Caribbean styles of the
marcha, reggae, and calypso, and is
played by carnival
1. KWASSA-KWASSA
2. MARABI
3. JIT
4. DUN-DUN
5. Music of Africa
6. Apala (akpala)
7. juju
8. Afrobeat
9. JIVE
10. AXE