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Adopted. 2010; 14 years ago. ( 2010) " Wimbo wa Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki " or " Jumuiya Yetu " (English: "East African Community anthem") is the official anthem of the East African Community. [ 1][ 2] It is a Swahili language hymn.
Cheikh Anta Diop (29 December 1923 – 7 February 1986) was a Senegalese historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre- colonial African culture. [ 1] Diop's work is considered foundational to the theory of Afrocentricity, though he himself never described himself as an Afrocentrist. [ 2]
Shosholoza. " Shosholoza " is an Nguni song that was sung by the mixed tribes of gold miners in South Africa. It is a mix of Zulu and Ndebele words, and can have various other South African languages thrown in depending on the singers. It was sung by all-male African workers that were performing rhythmical manual labour in the South African ...
The music of the Ethiopian highlands uses a fundamental modal system called qenet, of which there are four main modes: tezeta, bati, ambassel, and anchihoy. [14] Three additional modes are variations on the above: tezeta minor, bati major, and bati minor. [15] Some songs take the name of their qenet, such as tizita, a song of reminiscence. [14]
Afrobeat. Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk[ 1][ 2]) is a West African music genre, fusing influences from Nigerian (such as Yoruba and Igbo music) and Ghanian (such as highlife) music, with American funk, jazz, and soul influences. [ 3] With a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion, [ 4] the style was pioneered in ...
The following is a partial list of songs, ordered chronologically, that have been described by scholars and commentators as significant examples of music in the movement against apartheid. "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika", 1897, Enoch Sontonga. [ 4] " iLand Act, year unknown, R. T. Caluza.
African drum made by Gerald Achee. Drummers in Accra, Ghana. Sub-Saharan African music is characterised by a "strong rhythmic interest" [1] that exhibits common characteristics in all regions of this vast territory, so that Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980) has described the many local approaches as constituting one main system. [2] C. K.
file. help. " Africa " is a song by American rock band Toto, the tenth and final track on their fourth studio album Toto IV (1982). It was the second single from the album released in Europe in June 1982 and the third in the United States in October 1982 through Columbia Records. The song was written by band members David Paich and Jeff Porcaro ...