Summary

This document provides an overview of various African and Latin American musical genres, including Afrobeat, APALA, Axe, JIT, Jive, Juju, Kassa Kassa, Marbi, Reggae, Salsa, Samba, Soca, Were, Zouk, and related styles. Detailed descriptions and origins of each genre are highlighted.

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African Music AFROBEAT - Western African with Black American Music APALA (AKAPALA) - From Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style - Wake-up worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan - Percussion Instrumentation: Rattle (Sekere), Thumb Piano (Agidigbo), bell (agogo) A...

African Music AFROBEAT - Western African with Black American Music APALA (AKAPALA) - From Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style - Wake-up worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan - Percussion Instrumentation: Rattle (Sekere), Thumb Piano (Agidigbo), bell (agogo) AXE - Genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil - Fuses the Afro-Caribbean Styles of Marcha and Reggae - Played by carnival bands JIT - Hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music - Played on drum with guitar accompaniment, influenced by mbira-based guitar styles JIVE - South African music - Lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug - Jitter: a form of swing dance JUJU - From Nigeria, relies on traditional Yoruba - More western KWASSA KWASSA - Began in Zaire, late 1980s - Popularized by Kanda Bongo Man - Hips move back and forth while arms follow hip movements MARBI - South African three-chord township music of 1930s - 1960s - Evolved into African Jazz - Simple chords in varying vamping patterns with repetitive harmony over an extended period of time to give dances more time on the dance floor Latin American influenced by African Music Reggae - Jamaican musical style - Traditional mento music - Offbeat rhythm and staccato chords Salsa - Cuba, Puerto Rico, Colombia - Various genres: Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo, bolero Samba - Brazilian musical genre and style - Traced from Africa via West African slave trade and African religious tradition (Angola and Congo) - Underlying rhythm that typifies most Brazilian music - Lively and rhythmical beat with three steps to every bar, feels timed Soca - Soul of calypso - Fusion of calypso with Indian rhythms - Trinidad + Tobago - Modern Trinidadian and Tobagonian pop music combining soul and calypso music Were - Muslim music performed as a wake-up call - Fuses African and European music styles Zouk - Carnival-like rhythm, from creole slang word for “party” - Caribbean Islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique Vocal Form of African Music Maractu - African state of Pernambuco - Combined African percussion instruments with Portuguese melodies - Maractu group called nacoes (nations), paraded with a drumming assemble numbering up to 100 – singer, chorus, coterie of dancers Blues - 19th century deep roots in African-American communities - Called Deep South of US - Expressive and soulful sound Soul - 1950s-1960s, from US - Combined elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz - Handclaps and extemporaneous body moves - Call and response - Soul Forefathers: Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson - Godfather of Soul: Brown Spiritual - Deeply religious person - “Negro Spiritual” by the African slaves in America - Loneliness and anger Call and Response - Method of succession of two distinct musical phrases usually rendered by different musicians - Second phrase - direct commentary or response to the first - Question and answer sequence - Verse-chors form

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