Music of Africa
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Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe | ||
| Other areas: Canary Islands | Madeira Islands | Mayotte | Réunion | Saint Helena | Western Sahara | Music of North Africa | ||
Africa is a large and diverse continent, consisting of dozens of countries, hundreds of languages and thousands of races, tribes and ethnic groups. As such, there is little that can be said that applies to all the music of Africa, as there is no distinctly pan-African tradition of folk or classical music of any kind; the only shared form of musical expression is popular. Nevertheless, there are regional similarities between dissimilar groups, as well as popular trends known across the continent.
Popular music
Main article: Popular music
African popular music includes an array of teen idols, boy bands and girl groups, as well as numerous practitioners of imported rock and roll, soul and hip hop. Most distinctively, however, Africa has also produced indigenous styles of popular music which are known across the continent, and further abroad.
Some countries, such as Egypt, have popular traditions which have little fame outside of their homeland.
African hip hop
Main article: African hip hop
African jazz
Main article: African jazz
African reggae
Main article: African reggae
Afrobeat
Main article: Afrobeat
Benga
Main article: Benga
Bikutsi
Main article: Bikutsi
Chimurenga
Main article: Chimurenga
Classical Arab music
Main article: Classical Arab music
Cuban music in Africa
Main article: Cuban music in Africa
Fuji
Main article: Fuji
Gnawa
Main article: Gnawa
Griot
Main article: Griot
Gumbe
Main article: Gumbe
Highlife
- Main article: Highlife
Highlife is a type of music that originated in Ghana and spread to other West African English-speaking countries near the end of the 19th century. It is characterized by jazzy horns and multiple guitars which lead the band.
Juju
Main article: Juju
Kwela
Main article: Kwela
Makossa
Main article: Makossa
Marabi
Main article: Marabi
Marrabenta
Main article: Marrabenta
Mbalax
Main article: Mbalax
Morna
Main article: Morna
Palm-wine
Main article: Palm-wine
Raï
Main article: Raï
Sega
Main article: Sega
Soukous
Main article: Soukous
Taarab
Main article: Taarab
External links
- AfricanMusic.org (http://www.africanmusic.org/)
- African Music (http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Knowledge_Webs/4African_MusicY/African_music.htm)