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Category:African music

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Music of African origin, regardless of the musicians' country of origin (including outside of Africa).

music of Africa

diverse musical traditions and genres of the African continent

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music by country or region
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regional music

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music of Central Africa
music of East Africa
music of North Africa
music of Northeast Africa
music of Southern Africa
music of West Africa

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Subcategories

This category has the following 74 subcategories, out of 74 total.

African musical instruments (64 C, 160 F)
Afro-Cuban music (8 C, 9 F)
Griots (7 C, 82 F)
Maqam music theory (3 C, 93 F)
MTV Africa (1 C, 2 F)
Groove Awards (1 F)

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African music groups (1 C)
Musicians from Africa (2 C, 23 F)

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African music from Free Music Archive (2 C)

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African styles of music (7 C, 1 F)
West African music (4 C, 1 F)

4

47th Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Libaya Baba (drum circle) led by Kelsie Bernardez (30 F)

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B

Music of Benin (11 C, 12 F)
Music of Botswana (4 C, 1 F)
Music of Burkina Faso (6 C, 18 F)
Music of Burundi (4 C, 6 F)

C

Music of Cameroon (12 C, 35 F)
Music of Cape Verde (7 C, 21 F)
Capoeira music (3 C, 28 F)
Music of the Central African Republic (3 C, 14 F)
Music of Chad (4 C, 7 F)
Music of the Comoros (2 C, 2 F)
Music of the Republic of the Congo (6 C, 6 F)

D

Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (7 C, 17 F)
Music of Djibouti (3 C, 3 F)

E

Music of Egypt (12 C, 38 F)
Music of Equatorial Guinea (3 C, 1 F)
Music of Eritrea (3 C, 3 F)
Music of Eswatini (3 C, 1 F)
Music of Ethiopia (8 C, 13 F)

G

Music of Gabon (5 C)
Music of the Gambia (3 C, 32 F)
Music of Ghana (10 C, 54 F)
Music of Guinea (4 C)
Music of Guinea-Bissau (3 C, 6 F)

I

Ikinyuguri (3 F)
Music of Ivory Coast (5 C, 15 F)

K

Music of Kenya (5 C, 13 F)

L

Music of Liberia (4 C, 5 F)
Music of Libya (4 C, 2 F)

M

Music of Mali (9 C, 10 F)
Music of Mauritania (3 C, 1 F)
Music of Mauritius (3 C)
Machel Montano (10 F)
Music of Morocco (15 C, 30 F)
Music of Mozambique (6 C, 7 F)
Music of Madagascar (6 C, 28 F)
Music of Malawi (2 C)

N

Music of Namibia (4 C, 3 F)
Music of Niger (4 C, 2 F)
Music of Nigeria (10 C, 66 F)
Nyege Nyege (1 C)

P

Pipe organs in Africa (4 C, 1 F)

R

Music of Rwanda (4 C, 27 F)

S

Music of Senegal (5 C, 8 F)
Music of Seychelles (2 C, 3 F)
Music of Sierra Leone (2 C, 6 F)
Music of Somalia (3 C, 6 F)
Music of South Africa (23 C, 43 F)
Music of South Sudan (3 C, 4 F)
Music of Sudan (3 C, 21 F)

T

Music of Tanzania (10 C, 19 F)
Music of Togo (3 C, 17 F)
Music of Tunisia (14 C, 1 F)

U

Music of Uganda (3 C, 528 F)

W

Music of Western Sahara (2 C)

Z

Music of Zaire (1 C)
Music of Zambia (4 C, 2 F)
Music of Zimbabwe (5 C, 5 F)

•

Leif Totusek and Freestyle Candela (1 C, 7 F)

Media in category "African music"

The following 132 files are in this category, out of 132 total.

3 over 8.tif 4,560 × 797; 55 KB
3MA en Cartagena.jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 7.31 MB
4 against 3 cross-rhythm.jpg 3,267 × 2,717; 728 KB
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A pentatonic scale in descending order.jpg 319 × 146; 14 KB
Accralate (ISRC USUAN1100341).mp3 5 min 5 s; 10.55 MB
Adefua 01.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 820 KB
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Africa Music.jpg 236 × 236; 30 KB
African contemporary Music graphic.jpg 245 × 245; 37 KB
African Music (30092016).jpg 3,072 × 2,048; 3.43 MB
African Music in São Paulo street.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 7.08 MB
African music singer in São Paulo downtown, Brazil.jpg 2,350 × 2,352; 3.78 MB
African Street Style Festival 2016 - A view of the festival as African performers play traditional music on one of the stages.png 5,184 × 3,456; 29.72 MB
African Street Style Festival 2016 - Traditional African performers photographed from behind at the festival.png 5,184 × 3,456; 26.62 MB
African traditional music.jpg 1,280 × 720; 458 KB
Afrik Heritage Band members.jpg 2,086 × 1,489; 871 KB
Afrik Heritage.jpg 900 × 900; 36 KB
Afrika MO.jpg 345 × 337; 21 KB
Afrika MO.svg 1,200 × 1,230; 52 KB
AfrikafestJamSession.jpg 3,540 × 2,392; 5.54 MB
AfriMusic participation map.svg 1,000 × 1,100; 170 KB
AfriMusic winners map.svg 1,000 × 1,100; 167 KB
Afrique - Sellam-Renne.jpg 1,450 × 1,416; 1.07 MB
Afrique Centrale. 40, Lieutenant Lancrenon. Nola. Musiciens Pandés jouant du Balafon - (mission) Lancrenon ; (photogr.) Lancrenon ; (photogr. reprod. par) Radiguet et Massiot (pour la conférence donnée par)... - btv1b53237196w.jpg 8,328 × 5,835; 4.06 MB
Al-Urmawi.JPG 3,776 × 2,624; 2.18 MB
Antoine Kasongo Kitenge.jpg 256 × 386; 76 KB
Artifact (ISRC USUAN1100324).mp3 3 min 31 s; 8.18 MB
At The Shore (ISRC USUAN1100770).mp3 38 s; 1.45 MB
Bakolo Génération International rehearsing in 2021.jpg 569 × 417; 96 KB
Bavon Marie-Marie.jpg 1,325 × 1,930; 1.52 MB
Beautiful Nubia performing at EMUfest 2012.jpg 3,637 × 2,206; 5.63 MB
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Bumba Crossing (ISRC USUAN1500031).mp3 4 min 37 s; 8.45 MB
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CentAfrica-satmusic.jpg 1,200 × 1,262; 896 KB
Conga tumbao.jpg 1,611 × 861; 157 KB
Cover Ethiopiques, vol.5 (1970-1975).jpg 640 × 640; 131 KB
Daniel Big Black Rey.jpg 719 × 922; 550 KB
Digya (ISRC USUAN1200080).mp3 2 min 47 s; 6.36 MB
Dj Spilulu in Nairobi Kenya.jpg 960 × 446; 61 KB
Drawing Giovani Antonio da Montecuccolo Cavazzi.png 480 × 288; 85 KB
DSC 5796 (26144487839).jpg 3,008 × 2,008; 449 KB
Dubakupado (ISRC USUAN1100834).mp3 3 min 33 s; 8.12 MB
Dubbelklocka från Nedre Kongo.jpg 5,616 × 2,284; 6.2 MB
Fete Musique MCCS - 24 juin 06 - 112.JPG 2,240 × 1,488; 1.61 MB
Final walk - Flickr - Al Jazeera English.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 1.59 MB
Ga ŋkogoe - gong.jpg 2,190 × 1,280; 192 KB
Gankogui standard pattern.mid 5.3 s; 235 bytes
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Gnawa in the door by Brahim FARAJI.jpg 2,848 × 4,176; 4.02 MB
Group play.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 3.7 MB
Habesha traditional historical music.webm 1 h 32 min 30 s, 1,024 × 576; 1,018.94 MB
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Hyperlink Africa Coverage of the Rockstar Concert by Kuami Eugene.jpg 1,080 × 720; 66 KB
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Infados (ISRC USUAN1100449).mp3 3 min 43 s; 8.64 MB
Jagari Chanda.jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 2.53 MB
JAH VERITY.jpg 360 × 239; 41 KB
Jason Reolon.jpg 426 × 640; 95 KB
Juacaliorange1.jpg 1,181 × 792; 286 KB
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Kadodo bell pattern.tif 3,841 × 508; 39 KB
Kpanlogo bell.jpg 6,567 × 817; 264 KB
Kumasi Groove (ISRC USUAN1100183).mp3 3 min 43 s; 8.05 MB
Kumasi Groove (plus flugelhorn) (ISRC USUAN1100184).mp3 3 min 44 s; 8.07 MB
Lippy musician.jpg 600 × 528; 64 KB
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Manecas Costa2.jpg 1,024 × 225; 160 KB
Mehdi Qamoum at the Gnaoua festival of Berlin 2019 01.jpg 1,701 × 1,134; 351 KB
Mehdi Qamoum at the Gnaoua festival of Berlin 2019 02.jpg 1,878 × 1,412; 478 KB
Monkoto (ISRC USUAN1100432).mp3 1 min 16 s; 3.01 MB
Music for the Lela Celebration.ogg 2 min 14 s; 5.34 MB
Musique africaine.jpg 3,432 × 1,478; 784 KB
Nasty D.jpg 2,848 × 4,288; 2.97 MB
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Night Cave (ISRC USUAN1100446).mp3 1 min 50 s; 4.31 MB
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Nonzo.jpg 3,568 × 4,460; 4.32 MB
Oko Drammeh, African Music Festival producer. Smile Portrait.jpg 190 × 243; 9 KB
Okymanie Bcn Afrobeat Session.jpg 960 × 720; 115 KB
Okymanie on Mundial Festival - Holanda.jpg 480 × 480; 162 KB
Osibisa (cropped).jpg 742 × 1,001; 227 KB
Osibisa.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 1.33 MB
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Prudence-Dah-Boyama.jpg 1,000 × 647; 291 KB
Red and Yellow Modern Rap Music Music Album Cover.png 1,400 × 1,400; 1.12 MB
Rhythmic Imagination in African Music - Kofi Agawu.webm 1 h 39 min 25 s, 1,280 × 720; 2.79 GB
Rudorwashe Chasi.jpg 852 × 854; 199 KB
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Samba de Roda da Nega Duda 3.jpg 5,218 × 3,479; 14.82 MB
Sauti 2.JPG 987 × 655; 223 KB
Seven Years in South Africa, page 137, reception at Sepopo's.jpg 1,761 × 1,183; 1.79 MB
Slow Heat (ISRC USUAN1100835).mp3 3 min 42 s; 8.49 MB
Small Mbira.jpg 2,587 × 2,769; 3.4 MB
Sri Lankan composer Dinesh Subasinghe playing the kora Lute in Tone Poem program.jpg 540 × 789; 61 KB
Tafi Maradi (ISRC USUAN1100739).mp3 2 min 39 s; 6.06 MB
Tafi Maradi no voice (ISRC USUAN1100740).mp3 2 min 39 s; 6.06 MB
The calabash and the kora.ogv 20 s, 1,280 × 720; 14.2 MB
The W.I.T.C.H (2021).jpg 5,184 × 3,456; 2.42 MB
Tilaye's Saxophone with the Dahlak Band* (የጥላዬ ሳክስ ከዳህላክ ባንድ ጋር) album cover.jpg 1,200 × 1,200; 318 KB
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Traditional nighttime singing during an Aka ceremony, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve (2014).ogg 15 min 32 s; 9.99 MB
Viva viva a Frelimo.ogg 1 min 43 s; 1.43 MB
West Africa - music.mpg 0.1 s, 1,920 × 1,080; 7.96 MB
Whimsy Groove (ISRC USUAN1100011).mp3 4 min 21 s; 10.11 MB
Yacouba-Barro.jpg 1,000 × 647; 367 KB
Yaramá.jpg 1,024 × 680; 729 KB
Yaw Blvck asking if it is True or False.jpg 3,189 × 3,713; 10.42 MB
Zambian Musician Nasty D.jpg 2,848 × 4,288; 3.64 MB
Афро Waka-Waka.jpg 3,702 × 4,214; 8.96 MB
فرق أفريقيه.jpg 1,695 × 1,240; 429 KB
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