mapeh
Traditional music is largely function in nature, used primarily in ceremonial rites such as birth, deth, marriage and the like
African music
A term used to describe the fusion of west Africa with black american music
Afrobeat
Used to wake up the worshippers after fasting during muslim holy feast of ramadan
Apala or akpala
Popular music genre from salvador, bahia and brazil that fuses the afro caribbean styles of marcha, reggae and calypso and is played by carnival banda
Axe
A hard and fast percussive zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment influence by mbira based guitar styles
jit
Popular form of south africa music features a lively and uninhibited variation of jitterbug, a form of swing dance
Jive
A popular music style from nigeria that relies on the traditional yoruba rhythms
Juju
A dance style begun in zaire in the late 1980s popularize by kanda bongo man
Kwassa kwassa
South african three chird township music of 1930s-1960s which evolved into african jazz
marabi
influences by african music
Latin american music
Music from cuban, puerto rican and colombian dance music that comprises various genres including cuban son montuno, guarcha,chachacha,mambo and bolero
salsa
A jamaican music style that was strongly influence by islands traditional mento music as well as by calypso, Africa music, american jazz and rhythm and blues
Reggae
Samba a brazilian music genre and dance stylee that can be traced yo african via the west african slave trade and african religious traditions with roots of lively and rhythmical beat dance
samba
Also known as the soul of calypso that originated as fusion of indian rhythms
soca
A muslim music often performed as a wake up call for early breakfast and prayers durung ramadan celebration
were
Fast carnival like rhythmic music from the creole slang word for party that originated in Caribbean islands of guadaloupe and martinique
Zouk