African Music

It is a rich and diverse cultural heritage that exists in hundreds of different languages.

• Music of Africa

• Afrobeat

• Apala

• Juju

It is described as the fusion of west African and Black American music.

• Music of Africa

• Afrobeat

• Apala

• Juju

It is used to wake up the worshipper after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.

• Music of Africa

• Afrobeat

• Apala

• Juju

It is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

• Marabi

• Axe

• Jit

• Zouk

It is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment.

• Marabi

• Axe

• Jit

• Zouk

This dance style began in Zaire in the late 1980s and was popularized by Kanda Bongo Man.

• Apala

• Juju

• Dun-dun

• Kwassa-Kwassa

This refers to the South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into African jazz.

• Marabi

• Axe

• Jit

• Zouk

It is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhabited variation of the jitterbug.

• Dun-dun

• Kwassa-Kwassa

• Jibe

• Marabi

It is a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms.

• Music of Africa

• Afrobeat

• Apala

• Juju

It is known as the "talking drum or squeeze drum."

• Marabi

• Axe

• Jit

• Zouk