Blossary – African Music

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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.Lets have a look at the different types of African music and its origin!

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marabi

Marabi is a style of South African township music of the 1930s-1960s, which evolved into "African Jazz".Marabi was the name given to a keyboard style that had a musical link to American ...

afrobeat

Afrobeat is a combination of traditional Nigerian music,jazz,highlife,chunk and chanted vocals,fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s.Afrobeat originated from ...

chimurenga

Chimurenga is a Shona word which means to fight or struggle.It is a popular style of music from the Shona people of Zimbabwe, also called mbira-based music.These are songs which were sang during ...

rumba

Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and ballroom dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of various musical traditions.The name is derived from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which ...

kwaito

Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa, during the 1990s. It is a variant of house music featuring the use of African sounds and samples. Typically at a slower tempo range ...