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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 ...
Gift Ugochi Christopher (born October 8, 1993) is a Nigerian singer, musician and gospel songwriter popularly known by his stage name Minister GUC [1] [2]. He gained recognition following the release of his first album in December 2020 with the hit tracks All that matters, Desperate and Yours. [3]
The shout music tradition originated within the church music of the Black Church, parts of which derive from the ring shout tradition of enslaved people from West Africa.As these enslaved Africans, who were concentrated in the southeastern United States, incorporated West African shout traditions into their newfound Christianity, the Black Christian shout tradition emerged—albeit not in all ...
Gospel music is characterized by dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century. [1] Hymns and sacred songs were often performed in a call and response fashion, heavily influenced by ancestral African music. Most of the churches relied on hand–clapping and foot–stomping ...
Gospel songs are a kind of motivational Christian music that has become a major part of Nigerian music.In the 1960s the Evangelical Church of West Africa Choir was popular, and in the early 1970s Bola Aare, Ebenezer Obey and later, Panam Percy Paul, Onyeka Onwenu, Tope Alabi, and Kefee were notable.
What most African Americans would identify today as "gospel" began in the early 20th century. The gospel music that Thomas A. Dorsey, Sallie Martin, Willie Mae Ford Smith and other pioneers popularized had its roots in the blues as well as in the more freewheeling forms of religious devotion of "Sanctified" or "Holiness" churches—sometimes called "holy rollers" by other denominations — who ...
‘Best Male Artiste’ Africa gospel Music Awards UK; Best Male Artiste at the National Gospel Awards Nigeria; Best Gospel Video Award at the Nigerian Music Awards; Best Gospel Video ‘NMVA’ In the year 2013, he won the Best West Africa award at the Africa Gospel Music Awards; in 2014, he won the Album of the Year at the Crystal Awards
Dena Mwana is a gospel singer and composer originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).. Nominated several times and awarded at the African Gospel Music & Media Awards in 2013 and 2019 in London, [1] she has shared the stage with several renowned artists and has already performed more than two hundred performances in more than 16 countries in the world.