African Music Quiz

A succession of two distinct musical phrase usually rendered by different musicians. A succession of two distinct musical phrase usually rendered by different musicians.

• Call and Response

• Blues

• Soul

• Maracatu

A strong rhythms of African percussion instruments with Portuguese melodies.

• Call and Response

• Blues

• Soul

• Maracatu

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

• Axe

• Jit

• Jive

• Kwassa Kwassa

A musical style from Nigeria that relies on traditional Yoruba rhythms and instruments used are Western in origin.

• Axe

• Jit

• Jive

• Juju

The continent of Africa covers how many percent of the surface of the earth?

• 3%

• 4%

• 5%

• 6%

A song form by African migrants to America who became enslaved by its white communities.

• Spiritual

• Call and Response

• Blues

• Soul

Characterized by simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony.

• Marabi

• Call and Response

• Blues

• Soul

A fusion of West African with Black American music.

• Afrobeat

• Jit

• Blues

• Soul

A musical form that creates an expressive and soulful sound of the late 19th century.

• Afrobeat

• Jit

• Blues

• Soul

A hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment.

• Afrobeat

• Jit

• Blues

• Soul