African Music Genres Quiz
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Which music genre from Nigeria is used to wake up the worshipers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan?

  • Juju
  • Jit
  • Kwassa Kwassa
  • Apala (correct)
  • Which musical genre relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms and uses instruments like drum kit, keyboard, pedal steel guitar, and accordion?

  • Jive
  • Juju (correct)
  • Afrobeat
  • AXE
  • Which music genre involves a dance style where the hips move back and forth while the arms move following the hips?

  • Afrobeat
  • Jit
  • KWASSA KWASSA (correct)
  • Apala
  • Which music genre fuses Afro-Caribbean style of the March, Reggae, and Calypso?

    <p>AXE</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre is a fusion of West African with black American music?

    <p>Afrobeat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and upbeat variation of the jitterbug swing dance?

    <p>Jive</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre is characterized by a lively and rhythmical dance and music with three steps to every bar?

    <p>Samba</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre originates from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique?

    <p>Zouk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre combines African and European music styles with particular usage of the natural harmonic series?

    <p>Were</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre combines Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music, comprising various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, cha-cha-cha, mambo, and bolero?

    <p>Salsa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre is characterized by a lively and rhythmical dance and music with three steps to every bar?

    <p>Samba</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre combines Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music, comprising various musical genres including the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, cha-cha-cha, mambo, and bolero?

    <p>Salsa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre involves a carnival-like rhythmic music from the Creole slang word for 'dirty'?

    <p>Zouk</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which music genre relies on prayer-arranged music and fuses African and European music styles with particular usage of the natural harmonic series?

    <p>Were</p> Signup and view all the answers

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