African music
Given the vastness of the continent, the traditional music of Africa is historically ancient, rich, and diverse, with the different regions and nations of Africa having distinct musical traditions.Tra...
A musician named Sallilou performing on...
A musician named Sallilou performing on Gorée Island in Dakar, Senegal in January 2018. His instrument is the Cas Cas, also known as Kashaka, which is made of two small, bean-filled gourds that are...
African music
Song from the cd, Spirit of Africa, sung by the Insingizi group.
South African Music (Dikgomo remix) - YouTube
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African Music - YouTube
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African music - Djembe
Sega Cisse is a 70 year old master djembe player from Mali. Amazing - www.rootsyrecords.com.
African music - Jembe cora music
The African Heritage Band of West Africa playing live in Kotu, Gambia.
African music - Guinea djembe
April 26th, 2006 International Percussion Festival in Bamako, Mali Cote D'Ivoire Performance Clips!!! http://www.rootsyrecords.com/index.html Rootsy Records ...
Sub-Saharan African music traditions
Sub-Saharan African music traditions exhibit so many common features that they may in some respects be thought of as constituting a single musical system. While some African music is clearly contempor...
Rhythm in Sub-Saharan African music
Sub-Saharan African music is characterised by a "strong rhythmic interest" that exhibits common characteristics in all regions of this vast territory, so that Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980) has descr...
Music of North Africa
North Africa has contributed much to popular music, especially Egyptian classical and el Gil, Algerian raï, and Moroccan chaabi. The broad region is sometimes called the Maghreb (excluding Egypt), an...
West African music
West Africa has a particularly rich and diverse music tradition. The influence of western popular music has resulted in a compelling popular music in the region, whilst the influence of West-African m...
African popular music
African popular music, like African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music. Many genres of popul...
Music of the African diaspora
Music of the African diaspora was mostly refined and developed during the period of slavery. Slaves did not have easy access to instruments, so vocal work took on new significance. Through chants and ...
Gnawa music
Gnawa music is a rich repertoire of ancient African Islamic spiritual religious songs and rhythms. Its well preserved heritage combines ritual poetry with traditional music and dancing. The music is p...
Bob W. White
Bob W. White is an associate professor of social anthropology at the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. White earned his Ph.D. from McGill University in 1998, his M.A. from McGill University in 1...