African Traditional Music Quiz

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

• Afro bent

• Apala

• Jit

• Axe

Which African music genre is a popular style from Nigeria that relies on traditional Yoruba rhythms with more Western instruments?

• Jit

• Juju

• Kwassa Kwassa

• Jive

Which dance style began in Zaire in the late 1980's and is characterized by moving hips back and forth while the arms follow?

• Afro bent

• Apala

• Kwassa Kwassa

• Marabi

Which South African music genre evolved from Marabi and is characterized by simple chords and repetitive harmony?

• Marabi

• Juju

• Jive

• Jit

Which Latin American music is influenced by African music?

• Axe

• Apala

• Jit

• Afro bent

a musical gerne from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up the worshippers after fasting during the muslim holy feast of ramadan

• afro beat

• akpala

• axe

• jive

a hard and fast percussive zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment, influenced by mbira-based guitar styles

• jit

• jive

• juju

• kwassa kwassa

a popular music style of south african music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a fofm of swing dance

• jive

• marabi

• apala

• juju