Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
African music
Table of Contents
References & Edit History Related Topics
Images & Videos
mangolongondo
Bobby McFerrin
rock painting of a dance performance balafon
Observe a man playing the atumpan, a talking drum of the Asante people of West Africa
kora ennanga arched harp Hausa musicians ivory trumpet
Comparing traditional African music and rap
Quizzes
Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz
Discover
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

African music: Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/African-music
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos and Videos

mangolongondo
rock painting of a dance performance
balafon
kora
ennanga arched harp
Hausa musicians
ivory trumpet
Griots performing in Sofara, Mali.
Mbira (a lamellaphone) with bamboo tongues, central Africa; in the James Blades Collection
Bobby McFerrin
Observe a man playing the atumpan, a talking drum of the Asante people of West Africa
Comparing traditional African music and rap
See a man playing a 'calabash drum'
See All Videos and Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics
Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

Key People

Francis Bebey
Cameroonian writer and composer

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz