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Axé- (Portuguese
pronunciation: [a'ʃɛ]) is a
popular music genre originated in
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in the
1980s, fusing different Afro-
Caribbean genres, such as marcha,
reggae, and calypso. It also
includes influences of Brazilian
music such as frevo, forró and
carixada.
Jit (also known as jiti, jit-jive and
theHarare beat) is a style of popular
Zimbabwean dance music. It features
a swift rhythm played on drums and
accompanied by a guitar.
Jaiva or Township Jive
("TJ") is a subgenre of
South African township
music and African dance
form which has influenced
Western break dance and
emerged from the shebeen
culture of the apartheid era
townships.
Jùjú is a style of Nigerian popular
music, derived from traditional
Yorubapercussion. The name comes
from aYoruba word "juju" or "jiju"
meaning "throwing" or "something
being thrown." Juju music did not
derive its name fromjuju, which "is a
form of magic and the use of magic
objects or witchcraftcommon in West
Africa, Haiti, Cuba and other South
American nations.
Kwassa Kwassa – a dance
style begun in Zaire in late
1980’s popularized by Kanda
Bongo man. In this dance style
the hips move back and forth
while the arms move following
the hips.
Marabi – a south african
three- chord township
music of the 1930’s –
1960’s which evolved into
African Jazz.
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC INFLUENCED BY AFRICAN MUSIC

Reggae – a Jamaican sound

dominated by bass guitar and
drums.

Salsa – music is Cuban, Puerto

Rican, and Colombian dance music.
It comprises various musical genres
including the Cuban son montuno,
guaracha, chachacha, mambo and
bolero.
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC INFLUENCED BY AFRICAN MUSIC

Samba- is the basic underlying

rhythm that typifies most Brazilian
music.

Soca – a modern Trinidadian

and Tobago pop music
combining “soul” and
“calypso” music.
LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC INFLUENCED BY AFRICAN MUSIC

Were – a Muslim music

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

Zouk – a fast, carnival – like

rhythmic music, from Creole
slang word for “Party.”
VOCAL FORMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC

MARACATU – first surfaced in the

African state of Pernambuco,
combining the strong rhythms of
African percussion instruments with
Portuguese melodies. The maracatu
groups were called “nacoes” (nations)
who paraded with drumming ensemble
numbering up to 100, accompanied by
a singer, chorus, and a coterie of
dancers. (Maracatu Dance)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS USED IN MARACATU
Alfaia Drum Tarol Agbe Shekere

Caixa Miniero or Ganza Gongue

• Gongue
VOCAL FORMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC

CALYPSO (MUSIC)A form of music and dance of the Caribbean,

calypso had its primary development in Trinidad, where it is associated
particularly with the pre-lenten carnival.

RUMBA is a type of medium-to-fast polyrhythmic Afro-Cuban song and

dance, with a three-part form of introduction, improvised verses, and
repetitive call-and-response.
VOCAL FORMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC

TANGO - A dance that evolved in Buenos Aires at the end of the 19th century,
the tango is probably derived from the milonga, a lively, suggestive Argentinian
dance, and the habanera of Cuba and the West Indies.

Bossa nova is a genre of Brazilian music, which developed and was popularized
in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one of the best-known Brazilian music
genres abroad. The phrase bossa nova means literally "new trend" or "new
wave".
 VOCAL FORMS OF AFRICAN MUSIC

Disco is a musical style originating in the early 1970s that remained urban and
largely underground until the middle of the decade when it began to emerge from
America's urban nightlife scene, where it ...
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the
United States and United Kingdom
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop rap music, is a music genre developed in the
United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s which consists of a
stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and
rhyming speech that is chanted
Latin
American
Music
Influence By
African Music
REGGAE - a Jamaican sound
dominated by basis guitar and drums
it refers to a particular music style
that was strongly influence by
traditional mento and calypso music.
SALSA - music of Cuban , Puerto Rican
and Colombian dance music . It comprises
various musical genres including Cuban
Son Montuno , guracha , chacha , mambo
and bolero .
SAMBA - basic underlying rhythm that
most Brazilian music . And rhythmical
dance and music with three steps to every
bar making the samba feel like time
dance .
SOCA - is a modern Trinidadian
and tabago pop music combining
'soul' and calypso music .
WERE - Muslim music performed
often as a wake up call for early
breakfast and prayer during Ramadan
celebration .
ZOUK - fast , carnival , - like rhythmic music from creole slang
word for party originating in Caribbean island of guada loupe
and Martinique popularized during 1980's . It has a pulsating beat
using drums and percussion.
VOCAL
FORMS OF
AFRICAN
MUSIC
Maracatu first surface at African state called
Pernambuco combining the strong rhythms at
African percussion instrument with Portuguese
melodies.
Blues - musical form of the late 19th century that has had deep roots in African
American community . Introduced by slaves and decendants used to sing as they
worked in fields -expressive and soulful sounds -the feeling evoked are associated
with slight degree of misfortune , lost love frustrantion or loneliness.
Performer of
Blues
-Ray charles
-Eric Clapton
-James Brown
-Steve Win wood
-Cab Calloway
- B.B king
Soul - popular music
genre during 1950's
and 1960's . Combined
the elements of
African-American
Gospel Music ,
rhythm and blues and
often jazz
Spiritual - normally
associate with a deeply
religious person , refers
here to a negro spiritual ,
a song form by African
migrants to America who
become enslave by its
white communities .
Call and Response -
method of succession
of two distinct musical
phrases usually
rendered by different
musicians , where
commentary on
response