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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa. It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations ), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of ...
African music includes the genres makwaya, highlife, mbube, township music, jùjú, fuji, jaiva, afrobeat, afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, taarab and others. [1] African music also uses a large variety of instruments from all across the continent. The music and dance of the African diaspora, formed to ...
This is a list of musicians from African countries This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Electro swing. Electro swing or swing house is a genre of electronic dance music that fuses 1920s–1940s jazz styles including swing music and big band with 2000s styles including house, electro, hip hop, drum & bass and dubstep. Footwork. The genre evolved from the earlier, rapid rhythms of juke and ghetto house.
Sierra Leonean music (4 C, 5 P) Somalian music (5 C, 7 P) South African music (25 C, 10 P) South Sudanese music (3 C, 1 P) Sudanese music (3 C, 3 P)
Khoi-San (unity doubtful; Khoikhoi, San, Sandawe + Hadza) Malayo-Polynesian ( Malagasy) Indo-European ( Afrikaaner) The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each ethnicity generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afroasiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo, and ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 22 subcategories, out of 22 total. Concert tours of Africa (14 C, 1 P) African music by country (57 C) Music education in Africa (2 C, 2 P)
Sub-Saharan African music traditions. Drumming and dancing at Dakawa, Morogoro, Tanzania. In many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the use of music is not limited to entertainment: it serves a purpose to the local community and helps in the conduct of daily routines. Traditional African music supplies appropriate music and dance for work and for ...