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Ghana

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English colonized

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Ewe

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Ghana tribe

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agbadza

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a set of Ewe music

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axatse

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shaker like gourd with beads on the outside (ewe)

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gangkogui

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double cowbell (ewe)

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kagan

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narrow drum (ewe)

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highlife

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ghana genre

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Nana Ampadu

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guitar highlife guitarist

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E T Mensah

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Iconic trumpet player for band highlife

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hiplife

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hiphop + highlife

tic tac & reggie rockstone (grandfather of hiplife)

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Cesaria Evoria

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the voice of Cape Verde (Portuguese colonized)

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Sadade

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bittersweet feeling

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morna

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bittersweet genre that comes form the Sadade feeling

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coladeira

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upbeat rhythmic version of morna

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Algeria

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French colonized

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rai

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Algerian form of music with elements of “dispossessed youth”

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cheik(a)

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Algerian/Bedouin musicians

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guellal

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Algerian goblet drum

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gasba

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Algerian rosewood flute

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Cheika Remitti

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iconic Algerian female singer

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Bellemou

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Algerian trumpet player

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Cheb Khaled

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King of Rai

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Rim’k

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Algerian hip-hop artist

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Mali

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French colonized

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Mande
(Mali) Niger-Congo community
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Jeli
hereditary Mali musicians
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Kandia Kouyaté
Mali female musician
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Kora
badass mali harp like instrument
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Ngoni
Mali wooden flute
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Balafon
Woden xylophone (mali)
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Rali Band
first big band to come out of Mali (government band)
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Les Ambasseseurs
lasted 10 years then moved to France where they were more popular (mali)
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Salif Keita
albino member of Les Ambasseseurs
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Ali Farka Touré
blues mali guitarist
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Toumani Diabaté
Kora player (mali)
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Oumu Sangaré
female Mali singer that won a grammy
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Zimbabwe
colonized by the british
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Shona
dominant population in zimbabwe
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Mbira
thumb piano (zimbabwe)
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Stella Chiweshe
queen of Mbira music (zimbabwe)
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Thomas Mapfumo
the lion of Zimbabwe
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Chimurenga
modern zimbabwe genre that means struggle
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Jit
Zimbabwe guitar driven pop
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Bhundu Boys
famous jit (zimbabwe) band popular in the UK
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Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi
second giant of Zimbabwe music
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Sungura
a development of Romba
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Alick Macheso
King of Sungura
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Cote d’Ivoire
colonized by the French
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Meiway
ather of the Zoblazo style (cote)
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Zoblazo
popular dance music with simple upbeat tempo. Involves a white handkerchief-waving dance (cote)
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Ziglibithy
traditional rhythm of the Bete people with an added guitar sound (cote)
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Ernesto Djédjé
father of d’Ivoirian pop
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Zouglou
dance oriented style music appealing to a fictional God, with humorous lyrics exposing harsh realities of student life (cote)
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Didier Billé
unrivalled Zouglou leader (cote)
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Reggae
Leading role in music scene for 20 years Created through Mento (Jamaican folk) as well as American jazz and R&B (cote)
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Tiken Jah Fakoly
Reggae artist (cote)
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Alpha Blondy
first on the African scene to use Reggae to express his concerns to African urban youth. (cote)
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Cut ‘n’ run
coupe decale - get rich quick by any means the do a runner (cote)
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DJ Jacob
started cut ‘n run (cote)
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Solomon Linda
“accidentally” invented Mbube
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Mbube
unaccompanied male singing Influenced “in the jungle, the mighty jungle…“ (SA)
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Kings Messengers Quartet
south african gospel group
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Amadodana Ase Wesile
Methodist group male voice choir (SA)
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Isicathamiya
unaccompanied gospel music, soft development of Mbube (SA)
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
well known Isicathamiya group (SA)
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IPCC
International Pentecostal Church Choir 1.5 million followers one of SA’s best-loved groups electric guitar and programmed beats
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IPCC
``` International Pentecostal Church Choir 1.5 million followers one of SA’s best-loved groups electric guitar and programmed beats (SA) ```
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Rebecca Malope
queen of South African gospel | grew up in poverty

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