Music of Africa

Question 1

It is a term used to describe the fusion of West African with Black American music.

Answer 1

Afrobeat

Question 2

It 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.

Answer 2

Apala (Akpala)

Question 3

It is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil.

Answer 3

Axe

Question 4

It fuses the Afro-Caribbean styles of marcha, reggae, and calypso.

Answer 4

Axe

Question 5

It is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.

Answer 5

Jit

Question 6

It is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance.

Answer 6

Jive

Question 7

It is a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms. A drum kit, keyboard, pedal steel guitar, and accordion are
used along with the traditional dun-dun (talking drum or squeeze drum).

Answer 7

Juju

Question 8

It is a music style that begun in Zaire in the late 1980s popularized by Kanda Bongo Man

Answer 8

Kwassa Kwassa

Question 9

In this dance style, the hips move back and
forth while the arms move following the hips.

Answer 9

Kwassa Kwassa

Question 10

It is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into African Jazz.

Answer 10

Marabi

Question 11

It is characterized by simple chords in varying
vamping patterns and repetitive harmony over an extended period.

Answer 11

Marabi

Question 12

It is the combination of strong rhythms of African percussion instruments and Portuguese melodies.

Answer 12

Maracatu

Question 13

This form of music is being paraded along
the streets by up to 100 participants.

Answer 13

Maracatu

Question 14

It is one of the most widely performed musical forms of the late 19th century.

Answer 14

Blues

Question 15

Its melodies are expressive and soulful.

Answer 15

Blues

Question 16

The slaves and their descendants used to sing these as they work in the fields.

Answer 16

Blues

Question 17

It is a popular music genre of the 1950s and 1960s which originated in the African-American community throughout the United States

Answer 17

Soul

Question 18

It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz.

Answer 18

Soul

Question 19

It originated in the Unites States and created by African-American slaves.

Answer 19

Spiritual

Question 20

It is also known as “Negro Spiritual”.

Answer 20

Spiritual

Question 21

It became a means of imparting Christian values and a way of venting their hardships as slaves.

Answer 21

Spiritual

Question 22

It is likened to a question-and-answer sequence in human communication.

Answer 22

Call and Response

Question 23

The slaves used to sing these songs while simultaneously doing all their tasks in a day.

Answer 23

Call and Response

Question 24

[CLASSIFICATION] Sound is produced by the body of the instrument vibrating.

Answer 24

Idiophones

Question 25

[CLASSIFICATION] Sound is produced by the vibration of a tightly stretched membrane.

Answer 25

Membranophones

Question 26

[CLASSIFICATION] Sound is produced by the vibration of tongues of metal, wood or other material.

Answer 26

Lamellaphone

Question 27

[CLASSIFICATION] Sound is produced by the vibration of a string or strings that are stretched between fixed points.

Answer 27

Chordophones

Question 28

[CLASSIFICATION] Sound is produced through the vibration of air.

Answer 28

Aerophones

Question 29

It is a single bell or multiple bells and is considered as the oldest samba instrument based on West African Yoruba single or double bells.

Answer 29

Agogo

Question 30

It has the highest pitch of any of the bateria instruments.

Answer 30

Agogo

Question 31

It is a type of gourd and shell megaphone from West Africa, consisting of a dried gourd with beads woven into a net covering the gourd.

Answer 31

Shekere

Question 32

It is a hollow percussion instrument.

Answer 32

Slit/Log drum

Question 33

Although known as a drum, it is not a true drum but is an idiophone.

Answer 33

Slit/Log drum

Question 34

It is usually carved or constructed from bamboo or wood into a box with one or more slits in the top.

Answer 34

Slit/Log drum

Question 35

It is a hollowed cylinder of wood with a narrow longitudinal opening or slit whose edges are struck to produce a deep, sonorous tone.

Answer 35

Atingting Kon (Slit Gong)

Question 36

They are considered to be portraits of ancestors so that when played, it is the voices of awakened ancestors which resonate from their interior chamber.

Answer 36

Atingting Kon (Slit Gong)

Question 37

It is a kind of wooden xylophone or percussion idiophone which plays melodic tunes.

Answer 37

Balafon

Question 38

In the 16th century, it became a real art at the royal court of Sikasso/ Mali and was flourishing under the reign of a generous king.

Answer 38

Balafon

Question 39

It refers to African music using their bodies as instruments.

Answer 39

Body percussion

Question 40

It is used to send messages to announce births, deaths, marriages, sporting events, dances, initiations or war.

Answer 40

Talking drum

Question 41

It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands.

Answer 41

Djembe

Question 42

The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered with goat skin.

Answer 42

Djembe

Question 43

The West African ___ is one of the best-known African drums.

Answer 43

Djembe

Question 44

It is a set of plucked tines or keys mounted on a sound board.

Answer 44

Mbira (Kalimba/Thumb Piano)

Question 45

It is being played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs.

Answer 45

Mbira (Kalimba/ Thumb Piano)

Question 46

They used this instrument to drive away evil spirits since it is believed that it was a vector of communication with ancestors and spirits.

Answer 46

Mbira (Kalimba/ Thumb Piano)

Question 47

It is believed that the drums can carry direct messages to the spirits after the death of a loved one.

Answer 47

Talking Drum

Question 48

It is a popular traditional instrument of the Shona people in Zimbabwe.

Answer 48

Array Mbira

Question 49

It is a hand-crafted instrument with a unique harp or bell-like sound.

Answer 49

Array Mbira

Question 50

It is a radical redesign of the African Mbira and it consists of up to 150 metal tines attached to a wooden board, comprising up to five octaves.

Answer 50

Array Mbira

Question 51

It is being played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs.

Answer 51

Mbira (Kalimba/Thumb Piano)

Question 52

It is the ancestor of all string instruments.

Answer 52

Musical Bow

Question 53

It is the oldest and one of the most widely used string instruments of Africa.

Answer 53

Musical Bow

Question 54

It consists of a single string attached to each end of a curved stick, similar to a bow and arrow.

Answer 54

Musical Bow

Question 55

It is an African fiddle played with a bow, a small wooden stick, or plucked with the fingers.

Answer 55

Zeze

Question 56

It has one or two strings made of steel or bicycle brake wire.

Answer 56

Zeze

Question 57

It is from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Answer 57

Zeze

Question 58

It is a type of flute which is widely used throughout Africa and either vertical or side-blown.

Answer 58

Fulani

Question 59

It is made from the horn of the kudu antelope.

Answer 59

Kudu Horn

Question 60

Its sound releases a mellow and warm sound that adds a unique African accent to their music.

Answer 60

Kudu Horn

Question 61

They are usually fashioned from a single tube closed at one end and blown like a bottle.

Answer 61

Fulani