African Music

What is the most popular genre of African music? 

• African heavy metal
• Bongo flava 
• Apala 
• Batuque 

What are some of the instruments used in African music?

• Guitar
• Cello
• Drums
• Cowbell

How is African music composed?

• With expressive, rhythmic beats
• With little structure
• With melancholy feeling
• With preppy, fast beats

What are the two distinct African music groups? 

• Sudanese music/Kenyan music
• Central African music/Southern African music
• East African music/West African muisc
• North African music/Black African music

What instruments are used in North African music?

• Strings
• Woodwinds
• Percussion 
• Brass

Where is Black African music found?

• South Sudan
• Sub-Saharan regions 
• Central Africa
• Sahel

What are some South African instruments? 

• Imifece
• Gong
• Djembe 
• Kisanji 

What does 'rap' mean in Africa?

• Fast talking
• Rhyming 
• To converse (talk) 
• Singing 

What is rap used for?

• To express feeling 
• Chanting or speaking art

How was Hip-Hop discovered? 

• By DJ's who exchanged portions or “samples” of rhythmic beats and “looped” them to create compositions.
• By DJ's incorporating different African rhythms into modern songs to create a whole new song. 
• By using funky, soulful rhythms to create an unique African piece.
• By using sad rhythms to make a mixtape.