Mapeh Quiz African Music

Question 1

is a collective result of the cultural and musical diversity of more than 50 ethnic divisions of the continent. It is the organization of this vast continent is a colonial legacy from European rule of the different nations up to the end of the 19th century, enabling it to incorporate its music with language, environment, political developments, immigration, and cultural diversity.

Answer 1

African Music

Question 2

Characteristics

Answer 2

Part of everyday acts
Holds communities together
Used for recreation
Passed on through oral tradition
Relies on percussion instruments

Question 3

include any instrument that makes a sound when it is hit, shaken, or scraped.

Answer 3

Percussion Instruments

Question 4

mainly functional in nature which is used primarily in ceremonial rites, such as birth, death, marriage, succession, worship, and spirit invocations

Answer 4

Traditional music of africa

Question 5

It is a term used to describe the fusion of West African with Black American music

Answer 5

Afrobeat

Question 6

It is a term used to describe the fusion of West African with Black American music

Answer 6

Afrobeat

Question 7

It is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.

Answer 7

Apala (Akpala)

Question 8

It is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro-Caribbean styles of marcha, reggae, and calypso.

Answer 8

Axe

Question 9

It is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.

Answer 9

Jit

Question 10

It is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance.

Answer 10

Jive

Question 11

It is a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms. A drum kit, keyboard, pedal steel guitar, and accordion are used along with the traditional dun-dun (talking drum or squeeze drum).

Answer 11

Juju

Question 12

It is a music style that begun in Zaire in the late 1980s popularized by Kanda Bongo Man. In this dance style, the hips move back and forth while the arms move following the hips.

Answer 12

Kwassa Kwassa

Question 13

It is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into African Jazz. It is characterized by simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony over an extended period

Answer 13

Marabi

Question 14

is a Jamaican musical style that was strongly influenced by the Island’s traditional mento music.

Answer 14

Reggae

Question 15

is a Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music.

Answer 15

Salsa

Question 16

is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style.

Answer 16

Samba

Question 17

is also known as the “soul of calypso”. It originated as fusion of calypso with Indian rhythms.

Answer 17

Soca

Question 18

is Muslim music often performed as a wake – up call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan celebrations.

Answer 18

Were

Question 19

is a fast, carnival – like rhythmic music from Creole slang word for “party”. It originated in the Caribbean Islands of Guadalupe and Martinique and was popularized in the 1980s.

Answer 19

Zouk