african music

Question 1

one of the most influential styles of music in the world, has greatly influenced the music of contemporary america, latin america, and european music

Answer 1

african music

Question 2

these genres have deep roots in african music

Answer 2

jazz, gospel and spiritual, rhythm and blues (rnb)

Question 3

african traditional music is mainly functional in nature and is used primarily in ___

Answer 3

ceremonial rites (such as birth, death, marriage, succession, worship, and spirit invocations)

Question 4

many traditional societies viewed african music as?

Answer 4

a form of entertainment

Question 5

a term used to describe the fusion of west african with black american music

Answer 5

afrobeat

Question 6

a musical genre from nigeria in the yoruba trial style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the muslim holy feast of ramadan

Answer 6

apala (akpala)

Question 7

a popular musical genre from salvador, bahia, and brazil. it fuses the afro-caribbean styles of marcha, reggae, and calypso

Answer 7

axe

Question 8

it is a hard and fast percussive zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment

Answer 8

jit

Question 9

it is a popular form of south african music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug (a form of swing dance)

Answer 9

jive

Question 10

a popular music style from nigeria that relies on the traditional yoruba rhythms

Answer 10

juju

Question 11

it is a music style that begun in zaire in the late 1980s popularized by kanda bongo man

Answer 11

kwassa kwassa

Question 12

a south african three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into african jazz

Answer 12

marabi