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Music of Africa

African music is diverse due to the many ethnic groups across the continent. It has been influenced by European colonial rule and has in turn influenced global music styles. Music is an integral part of daily life in Africa, featuring in important ceremonies from birth to death and being important for religious and political expression. Traditional African music is largely functional and features overlapping rhythmic structures and percussion instruments. There are many styles and genres of African music including Afrobeat, Apala, Axe, Jit, Jive, Juju, Kwasa Kwasa, and Marabi.

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Music of Africa

African music is diverse due to the many ethnic groups across the continent. It has been influenced by European colonial rule and has in turn influenced global music styles. Music is an integral part of daily life in Africa, featuring in important ceremonies from birth to death and being important for religious and political expression. Traditional African music is largely functional and features overlapping rhythmic structures and percussion instruments. There are many styles and genres of African music including Afrobeat, Apala, Axe, Jit, Jive, Juju, Kwasa Kwasa, and Marabi.

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MUSIC OF AFRICA

• AFRICAN MUSIC IS A COLLECTIVE RESULTS OF THE


COLLECTIVE RESULT OF THE CULTURAL AND
MUSICAL DIVERSITY OF THE MORE THAN 50 ETHNIC
DIVISIONS OF THE CONTINENT.
• THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS VAST CONTINENT IS A
COLONIAL LEGACY FROM EUROPEAN RULE OF THE
DIFFERENT NATIONS UP TO THE END OF THE 19TH
CENTURY.
• BECAUSE OF THE WIDE INFLUENCE OF AFRICAN
MUSIC ON GLOBAL MUSIC, HAVING PERMEATED
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN , LATIN AMERICAN AND
EUROPEAN STYLES.
HOW IS AFRICAN MUSIC IMPORTANT TO
THEIR DAILY LIFE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE ?
• IT WAS PART OF THEIR DAILY LIFE , WHETHER FOR
WORK, RELIGION,CEREMONIES OR EVEN
COMMUNICATION .
• SINGING, DANCING, HAND CLAPPING AND BEATING
OF THE DRUMS ARE ESSENTIAL TO MANY AFRICAN
PEOPLE CEREMONIES INCLUDING THOSE FOR BIRTH,
DEATH, INITIATION,MARRIAGE AND FUNERALS.
• MUSIC AND DANCE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT TO
REGILIOUS EXPRESSION AND POLITICAL EVENTS.
TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF AFRICA
• AFRICAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC IS LARGELY
FUNCTIONAL IN NATURE, USED PRIMARILY IN
CEREMONIALS RITES, SUCH AS BIRTH, DEATH,
MARRIAGE, SUCCESSION, WORSHIP AND SPIRIT
INVOCATIONS..

• AFRICAN MUSIC HAS A BASICALLY INTERLOCKING


STRUCTURAL FORMAT, DUE MAINLY TO ITS
OVERLAPPING FORMAT, DUE MAINLY TO ITS
OVERLAPPING AND DENSE TEXTURE AS WELL AS ITS
RHYTMIC COMPLEXITY.
STYLES AND GENRE
• AFROBEAT

• IT IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE


FUSION OF THE WEST AFRICAN WITH BLACK
AMERICAN MUSIC
•APALA
• IT IS A MUSICAL GENRE FRO NIGERIA IN THE
YORUBA TRIBAL STYLE, USED TO WAKE UP THE
WORSHIPPERS, AFTER FASTING DURING MUSLIM
HOLY FEAST OF RAMADAN.

• PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTATION INCLUDES THE


RATTLE ( SEKERE) THUMB PIANO( AGIDIGBO) BELL
( AGOGO ) AND THE TWO OR THREE TALKING DRUMS.
• AXE

• IT IS POPULAR MUSICAL GENRE


FROM SALVADOR, BAHIA AND
BRAZIL. IT FUSES THE AFRO
CARRIBEAN STYLES OF THE
MARCHA, REGGAE AND CALYPSO
AND PLAYED BY CARNIVAL BANDS.
•JIT

• IT IS A HARD AND FAST PERCUSSIVE


ZIMBABWEAN DANCE MUSIC PLAYED
ON DRUMS WITH GUITAR
ACCOMPANIMENT , INFLUENCED BY
MBIR-BASED GUITAR STYLES.
• JIVE

• IT IS A POPULAR FORM OF
SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC
FEATURING A LIVELY AND
UNINHIBITED VARIATION OF
JITTERBUG , A FORM OF A SWING
DANCE.
• JUJU

• IT IS A POPULAR MUSIC STYLE FROM NIGERIA


THAT RELIES ON THE TRADITIONAL YORUBA
RHYTMS, WHERE THE INSTRUMENTS ARE MORE
WESTERN IN ORIGIN. DRUM KIT, KEYBOARD,
PEDAL STEEL GUITAR AND ACCORDANCE ARE
USED ALONG WITH THE TRADITIONAL DUN DUN
( TALKING DRUM OR SQUEEZE DRUM)
• KWASSA KWASSA

• IT IS A DANCE STYLE BEGUN IN ZAIRE IN


THE LATE 1980s , POPULARIZED BY KANDA
BONGO MAN . IN THIS DANCE STYLE, THE
HIPS MOVE BACK AND FORTH WHILE ARMS
FOLLOW THE HIP MOVEMENTS.
• MARABI
• IT IS A SOUTH AFRICAN THREE –CHORD
TOWNSHIP MUSIC OF THE 1930s -1960s which
evolved into African jazz. IT MAKES USE OF A
KEYBOARD STYLE THAT COMBINES AMERICAN
JAZZ, RAGTIME AND BLUES WITH AFRICAN
ROOTS.

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