2ndq Afro Latin American and Popular Music
2ndq Afro Latin American and Popular Music
2ndq Afro Latin American and Popular Music
AFRICA
AFRICAN MUSIC STYLES AND
GENRES
1. Afrobeat 5. Jive
2. Apala 6. Juju
3. Axe 7. Kwassa kwassa
4. Jit 8. Marabi
Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a term used
to describe the fusion of
West African with black
American music.
Apala (Akpala)
Apala is a musical genre
from Nigeria in the Yoruba
tribal style to wake up the
worshippers after fasting
during the Muslim holy feast
of Ramadan.
Axe
Axe is a popular musical genre
from Salvador, Bahia, and
Brazil. It fuses the Afro-
Caribbean styles of the marcha,
reggae, and calypso.
Jit
Jit is a hard and fast
percussive Zimbabwean
dance music played on drums
with guitar accompaniment,
influenced by mbira-based
guitar styles.
Jive
Jive is a popular form of
South African music featuring
a lively and uninhibited
variation of the jitterbug, a
form of swing dance.
Juju
Juju is a popular music style
from Nigeria that relies on the
traditional Yoruba
rhythms,where the
instruments in Juju are more
Western in origin.
Kwassa Kwassa
Kwassa Kwassa is a dance style
begun in Zaire in the 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
Marabi is a South African three-chord township
music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into
African Jazz.
Possessing a keyboard style combining
American jazz, ragtime and blues with African
roots, it is characterized by simple chords in
varying vamping patterns and repetitive
harmony over an extended period of time to
allow the dancers more time on the dance floor.
VOCAL FORMS
Of African Music
Maracatu
The maracatu groups were called
“nacoes” (nations) who paraded with a
drumming ensemble numbering up to
100, accompanied by a singer, chorus,
and a coterie of dancers.
Blues
The notes of the blues
create an expressive and
soulful sound.
Soul
Soul music was a popular music
genre of the 1950’s and 1960’s.
It originated in the United States.
It combines elements of
African-American gospel
music, rhythm and blues, and
often jazz.
Call and Response
Much like the question and answer
sequence in human communication,
it also forms a strong resemblance to
the verse-chorus form in many vocal
compositions.
Spiritual
The term spiritual, normally associated
with a deeply religious person, refers
here to a Negro spiritual, a song form
by African migrants to America who
became enslaved by its white
communities.
Latin American
Music Influenced by
African Music
Vocal & Dance
Forms
of Latin American
Music
Popular Music
Folk Music
Ballads Country & Western Music Standards
of Africa
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
of Latin America