Instruments
This group of instruments would not be found in traditional African music.
What are electronophones?
Inspiration for Rumba came from music in this Region.
Latin America / Cuba
This continent is sometimes called the 'Cradle of Humankind' because it is home to the oldest known human fossils.
What is Africa?
Name an artist who performed in the Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday concert.
Who is (Whitney Houston, Salt 'n Pepa, Sting, Stevie Wonder, or Tracy Chapman)?
These are the two primary religions in Africa.
What are Christianity and Islam?
This type of instrument is considered to be the soul of African music.
What is the drum?
Eko Roosevelt fused this "Western" style of music with traditional African melodies.
What is funk music?
This city was host to the conference at which many European leaders laid out rules for colonizing Africa.
What is Berlin?
This pop singer was born the same year black South Africans voted in a presidential election for the first time.
Who is Justin Bieber?
This music streaming service was first launched in Africa in 2018.
What is Spotify?
This instrument was blown to indicate royalty or chiefdom in west and central Africa.
What is the ivory horn/trumpet?
Highlife and Fuji music developed into this musical genre.
What is Afrobeat?
In what decade did black South Africans first vote in a presidential election?
What is 1990s (1994)?
This artist's house was burned down by the Nigerian government in the 1970's.
Who is Fela Kuti?
This is the one of the major empires in Africa in the Common Era.
What is the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, or the Kingdom of Aksum?
The Yangere Slit Drum, the Balafon, and the Kalimba belong to this category of musical instrument.
What are Idiophones?
This Christian-majority country is credited with having the oldest musical notation in sub-Saharan Africa.
What is Ethiopia?
This was the feedback loop of freed slaves returning to Africa, and bringing with them new musical traditions.
This electronic artist sampled "Tondoho Mha" to form the 2020 Afrobeats hit "Tondo"
Who is Disclosure?
What are South, East, West, and Central.
This thumb piano evolved from the mbira known as the voice of the ancestors?
What is the Kalimba?
This style emerged in the 21st century that combines electronic music with traditional African melodies.
What is Afrobeats?
This British imperialist was known for exploiting African mineral reserves and create the Da Beers Diamond Company.
Who was Cecil Rhodes?
This Cameroonian singer will get you moving with "Tondoho Mha"
Who is Eko Roosevelt?
The Zulu people are from this region of Africa.
What is Southern Africa?