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  2. Black Gospel music - Wikipedia

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    Black gospel music, often called gospel music or gospel, is the traditional music of the Black diaspora in the United States.It is rooted in the conversion of enslaved Africans to Christianity, both during and after the trans-atlantic slave trade, starting with work songs sung in the fields and, later, with religious songs sung in various church settings, later classified as Negro Spirituals ...

  3. List of musical genres of the African diaspora - Wikipedia

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    African American music; Acid House; Bluegrass; Blues; Blues Rock; Bounce Music; Breakbeat; Chicago Blues; Chicago House; Country; Deep House; Delta Blues; Detroit Blues

  4. Music of the African diaspora - Wikipedia

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    Music of the African diaspora is a sound created, produced, or inspired by Black people, including African music traditions and African popular music as well as the music genres of the African diaspora, including some Caribbean music, Latin music, Brazilian music and African-American music.

  5. Gospel music - Wikipedia

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    Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music and a cornerstone of Christian media.The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context.

  6. List of African musicians - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 23 November 2024, at 14:08 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Music of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Umm Kulthum. North Africa is the seat of ancient Egypt and Carthage, civilizations with strong ties to the ancient Near East and which influenced the ancient Greek and Roman cultures.

  8. Spirituals - Wikipedia

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    Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, [1] Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with African Americans, [2] [3] [4] which merged varied African cultural influences with the experiences of being held in bondage in slavery, at first during the transatlantic slave trade [5] and for centuries afterwards, through ...

  9. Sub-Saharan African music traditions - Wikipedia

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    Geo-political map of Africa divided for ethnomusicological purposes, after Merriam, 1959. Alan P. Merriam divided Africa into seven regions for ethnomusicological purposes, observing current political frontiers (see map), and this article follows this division as far as possible in surveying the music of ethnic groups in Africa.