List of Sub-Saharan African folk music traditions

This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term "folk music" can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely-varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term "traditions" in this context does not connote any strictly-defined criteria. Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are distinct traditions based along racial, geographic, linguistic, religious, tribal or ethnic lines, and all such peoples will likely use different criteria to decide what constitutes a "folk music tradition". This list uses the same general categories used by mainstream, primarily English-language, scholarly sources, as determined by relevant statements of fact and the internal structure of works.

These traditions may coincide entirely, partially or not at all with geographic, political, linguistic or cultural boundaries. Very few, if any, music scholars would claim that there are any folk music traditions that can be considered specific to a distinct group of people and with characteristics undiluted by contact with the music of other peoples; thus, the folk music traditions described herein overlap in varying degrees with each other.

Central Africa

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Tradition = Aka
See = Pygmy

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Tradition = Baka
See = Pygmy

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Tradition = Bamileke [Nkolo, Jean-Victor and Graeme Ewens, "Music of a Small Continent" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 440 - 447]
Styles = mangambe
Dance =
Instrumentation = tam tam
Other =

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Tradition = Bashi [Nettl, "Folk and Traditional Music", pg. 142]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = lulanga
Other =

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Tradition = Bassa [Nkolo, Jean-Victor and Graeme Ewens, "Music of a Small Continent" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 440 - 447]
Styles = assiko
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Beti-Pahuin [Nkolo, Jean-Victor and Graeme Ewens, "Music of a Small Continent" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 440 - 447]
Styles = bikutsi
Dance = bikutsi
Instrumentation = njang - rattle
Other =

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Tradition = Efé
See = Pygmy

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Tradition = Fang [Dominguez, Manuel, "Malabo Blues" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 477 - 479]
Styles = chorus and drum group
Dance =
Instrumentation = mvet
Other = bebom-mvet

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Tradition = Mambuti
See = Pygmy

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Tradition = Mbuti
See = Pygmy

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Tradition = Pygmy [Includes the Aka, Baka, Mbuti and Efé; Turino, pgs. 170 - 171; Abram, Dave, "Sounds from the African Rainforest" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 601 - 607; Karolyi, pg. 24]
Styles = hindewhu - hocket - likanos - liquindi - lullaby - yelli
Dance =
Instrumentation = flute - ieta - limbindi - molimo - ngombi - trumpet - whistle
Peoples =
Geography =
Other = boona - elima - jengi - molimo

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Tradition = São Toméan [Lima, Conceução and Caroline Shaw, "Island Music of Central Africa" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 613 - 616]
Styles = danço-congo - dêxa - socopé - ússua - xtléva
Dance = danço-congo - puíta - ússua
Instrumentation = cowbell - flute - rattle
Other = Tchiloli

East Africa

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Tradition = Acholi [Turino, pgs. 179, 182; Sandahl, Sten, "Exiles and Traditions" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 698 - 701]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = adungu
Other =

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Tradition = Bahutu
See = Rwanda-Burundian

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Tradition = Borana [Paterson, Doug, "The Life and Times of Kenyan Pop" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 509 - 522]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = chamonge guitar
Other =

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Tradition = Baganda
See = Buganda

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Tradition = Buganda [Turino, pgs. 179, 182; Sandahl, Sten, "Exiles and Traditions" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 698 - 701; Koetting, James T., "Africa/Ghana" in "Worlds of Music", pgs. 67 - 105; [http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/staticpages/index.php/glossary World Music Central] ]
Styles = akadinda - entenga - okunaga - okwawula
Dance = baksimba
Instrumentation = akadinda - engelabi - ennanga - entenga - trumpet
Other =

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Tradition = Burundian
See = Rwandan-Burundian

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Tradition = Dinka [Verney, Peter with Helen Jerome and Moawia Yassin, "Yearning to Dance" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 672 - 680]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Ethiopia [Manuel, "Popular Musics", pg. 103; Falceto, Francis, "Land of Wax and Gold" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 480 - 487]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = Begena - Kebero - Krar - Masenqo - Washint
Other = Azmari - Tej bet

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Tradition = Ganda
See = Buganda

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Tradition = Gusii [Paterson, Doug, "The Life and Times of Kenyan Pop" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 509 - 522]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = ground bow - obokano
Other =

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Tradition = Hutu
See = Rwandan-Burundian

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Tradition = Lango [Turino, pgs. 179, 182; Sandahl, Sten, "Exiles and Traditions" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 698 - 701]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = okeme
Other =

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Tradition = Luhya [Paterson, Doug, "The Life and Times of Kenyan Pop" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 509 - 522]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = sukuti
Other =

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Tradition = Luo [Paterson, Doug, "The Life and Times of Kenyan Pop" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 509 - 522]
Styles = benga
Dance =
Instrumentation = nyatiti
Other =

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Tradition = Maasai [Paterson, Doug, "The Life and Times of Kenyan Pop" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 509 - 522]
Styles = polyphonic song
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other = eunoto

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Tradition = Mascarene Islands [includes the music of Réunion, Mauritius and Rodrigues; Manuel, "Popular Musics", pg. 112; Ewens, Graeme and Werner Graebner, "A Lightness of Touch" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 505 - 508]
Styles = maloya music - sega
Dance = sega
Instrumentation = kayamb - maravanne - ravanne - tambour
Other = maloya (ritual)

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Tradition = Mauritian
See = Mascarene Islands

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Tradition = Réunionnais
See = Mascarene Islands

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Tradition = Rodrigues
See = Mascarene Islands

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Tradition = Nuba [Verney, Peter with Helen Jerome and Moawia Yassin, "Yearning to Dance" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 672 - 680]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = rababa
Other = Kambala

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Tradition = Rwandan and Burundian [Jacquemin, Jean-Pierre, Jadot Sezirahigha and Richard Trillo, "Echoes from the Hills" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 608 - 612]
Styles =
Dance = ikinimba-umushayayo - umuhamirizo - imparamba - inkaranka - igishakamba - ikinyemera
Instrumentation = ikembe - inanga - ingoma - iningiri - umuduri -ikondera - ihembe - urutaro
Other =

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Tradition = Seychellois [Ewens, Graeme and Werner Graebner, "A Lightness of Touch" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 505 - 508]
Styles =
Dance = contonbley - contredanse - mazurka - polka
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Soga [Turino, pg. 183]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = panpipe
Other =

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Tradition = Swahili [Graebner, Werner, "Mtindo - Dance with Style" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 681 - 689]
Styles = gungu - kinanda - ngoma - wedding music
Dance = chakacha - kumbwaya - vugo
Instrumentation = dumbak - kibangala - oud - qanun - rika - tabla - taishokoto
Other =

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Tradition = Tutsi
See = Rwandan-Burundian

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Tradition = Twa
See = Pygmy

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Tradition = Watusi
See = Rwanda-Burundian

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Tradition = Zande [Verney, Peter with Helen Jerome and Moawia Yassin, "Yearning to Dance" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 672 - 680]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Zaramo [Graebner, Werner, "Mtindo - Dance with Style" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 681 - 689]
Styles = ngoma
Dance = msondo - ngoma
Instrumentation = msondo
Other =

Southern Africa

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Tradition = Afrikaans [Allingham, Rob, "The Nation of Voice" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 638 - 657]
Styles = orkes
Dance =
Instrumentation = accordion - concertina
Other =

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Tradition = Basarwa
See = Bushmen

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Tradition = Bemba [Ronnie Graham with Simon Kandela Tunkanya, "Evolution and Expression" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 702 - 705]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = babatone - kalela
Other =

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Tradition = Bushmen [Karolyi, pg. 24]
Styles = hocket
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Cewa
See = Chewa

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Tradition = Chewa [Lwanda, John, and Ronnie Graham with Simon Kandela Tunkanya, "Sounds Afroma!" and "Evolution and Expression" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538, and pgs. 702 - 705]
Styles =
Dance = gule wa mkulu - nyau
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Chopi [Paco, Celso, "A Luta Continua" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 579 - 584; Karolyi, pg. 32; Koetting, James T., "Africa/Ghana" in "Worlds of Music", pgs. 67 - 105]
Styles = timbala
Dance =
Instrumentation = kalimba - mbila - timbila - valimba - xigovia - xipala-pala - xipendane - xitende - xizambe
Other =

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Tradition = Comorian [Ewens, Graeme and Werner Graebner, "A Lightness of Touch" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 505 - 508]
Styles = ngoma
Dance =
Instrumentation = gabusi - msondo - ndzendze
Other =

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Tradition = Henga [Lwanda, John, "Sounds Afroma!" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538]
Styles =
Dance = vimbuza
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Kaonde [Ronnie Graham with Simon Kandela Tunkanya, "Evolution and Expression" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 702 - 705]
Styles =
Dance = kachacha
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Khoe
See = Bushmen

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Tradition = Khwe
See = Bushmen

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Tradition = !Kung
See = Bushmen

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Tradition = Lemba [Karolyi, pg. 45]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = mbira
Other =

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Tradition = Lomwe [Lwanda, John, "Sounds Afroma!" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538]
Styles =
Dance = tchopa
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Luvale [Ronnie Graham with Simon Kandela Tunkanya, "Evolution and Expression" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 702 - 705]
Styles =
Dance = manchancha
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Malagasy [Manuel, "Popular Musics", pgs. 111 - 112; [http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/staticpages/index.php/glossary World Music Central] ]
Styles = sega - vakodrazana
Dance = basese - salegy - sega - sigaoma - tsapika - watsa watsa
Instrumentation = jejy voatavo - kabosy - lokanga - marovany - sodina - valiha
Other = famadihana

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Tradition = Ndbele [Allingham, Rob, "The Nation of Voice" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 638 - 657 ]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = guitar
Other = bira

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Tradition = Ngoni [Lwanda, John, and Ronnie Graham with Simon Kandela Tunkanya, "Sounds Afroma!" and "Evolution and Expression" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538, and pgs. 702 - 705]
Styles =
Dance = ingoma
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Nyanja [Lwanda, John, "Sounds Afroma!" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538]
Styles =
Dance = chitsukulumwe - gule wa mkulu - likhuba
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Pedi [Allingham, Rob, "The Nation of Voice" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 638 - 657]
Styles = harepa
Dance =
Instrumentation = harepa
Other =

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Tradition = San
See = Bushmen

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Tradition = Shangaan [Allingham, Rob, "The Nation of Voice" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 638 - 657]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = guitar
Other =

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Tradition = Shona [Turino, pgs. 105, 162, 182 - 183; Kendall, Judy and Banning Eyre, "Jit, Mbira and Chimurenga" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 706 - 716]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = hosho - karimba - matepe - mbira - ngoma - njari - panpipe
Other = bira - kushaura-kutsinhira

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Tradition = Sotho [Allingham, Rob, "The Nation of Voice" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 638 - 657]
Styles = mohabelo
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Tonga [Lwanda, John, "Sounds Afroma!" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538]
Styles =
Dance = mganda
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Tsonga
See = Shangaan

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Tradition = Tumbuka [Lwanda, John, "Sounds Afroma!" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538]
Styles =
Dance = vimbuza
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Venda [Turino, pg. 183; Karolyi, pg. 37]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = ngoma - panpipe
Other =

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Tradition = Xhosa [Manuel, "Popular Musics", pg. 107]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = uhadi
Other =

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Tradition = Yao [Lwanda, John, "Sounds Afroma!" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 533 - 538]
Styles =
Dance = beni - likwata
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Yombe [Turino, pg. 183]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = panpipe
Other =

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Tradition = Zulu [Allingham, Rob, "The Nation of Voice" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 638 - 657]
Styles = izihlabo - maskanda
Dance =
Instrumentation = guitar
Other = ukubonga

West Africa

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Tradition = Abaluhya [Manuel, "Popular Musics", pg. 101]
Styles = litungo
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Adja [Bensignor, Fran&ccedi;ois with Eric Audra, "Afro-Funksters" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 432 - 436]
Styles = tchinkoumé
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Akan [includes the Ashanti, Fanti and Nzema; Manuel, "Popular Musics", pgs. 90, 92, 182; Collins, John, "Gold Coast: Highlife and Roots" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 488 - 498; Koetting, James T., "Africa/Ghana" in "Worlds of Music", pgs. 67 - 105]
Styles = adaha - agbadza - akwete - ashiko - asonko - gombe - konkomba - mainline - osibisaba - sikyi
Dance = adowa - osibisaba - sikyi
Instrumentation = atumpan - seprewa
Other =

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Tradition = Appollo [Bensignor, François and Brooke Wentz, "Heart of the African Music Industry" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 472 - 476]
Styles =
Dance = abissa - fanfare - grolo - sidder
Instrumentation = edengole
Other =

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Tradition = Balanta [de Klein, Guus, "The Backyard Beats of Gumbe" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 499 - 504]
Styles = brosca - kussundé
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Asante
See = Ashanti

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Tradition = Ashanti [Koetting, James T., "Africa/Ghana" in "Worlds of Music", pgs. 67 - 105]
Styles = adowa - kete
Dance =
Instrumentation = aburukawa - apentemma - dawuro - torowa
Other =

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Tradition = Bamana
See = Mande

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Tradition = Baoulé [Bensignor, François and Brooke Wentz, "Heart of the African Music Industry" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 472 - 476]
Styles = gbébé - polyphony
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Beriberi [Bensignor, François, "Sounds of the Sahel" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 585 - 587]
Styles = polyphonic song
Dance = gerewol
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Bijagos [de Klein, Guus, "The Backyard Beats of Gumbe" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 499 - 504]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Cape Verdean [Manuel, "Popular Musics", pg. 96; Máximo, Susana and David Peterson, "Music of Sweet Sorrow" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 448 - 457]
Styles = batuque - coladera - funaná - morna - tabanca
Dance = batuque - coladera - funaná - morna - tabanca
Instrumentation = gaita - cavaquinho - cimboa - ferrinho - rabeca - violão - viola
Other =

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Tradition = Dagomba [Turino, pg. 182; Collins, John, "Gold Coast: Highlife and Roots" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 488 - 498]
Styles =
Dance = takai - damba - tora - jera - simpa - bamaya - geena
Instrumentation = lunga/talking drum - gungon - flute - gonje fiddle - bell
Other =

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Tradition = Dan [Bensignor, François and Brooke Wentz, "Heart of the African Music Industry" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 472 - 476]
Styles =
Dance = mask dance
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Ewe [Turino, pg. 178; Collins, John, "Gold Coast: Highlife and Roots" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 488 - 498]
Styles = takada
Dance = agbadza - Gadzo
Instrumentation = atsimevu - axatse - gankogui - gboba - kaganu - kidi - simevu - sogo
Other =

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Tradition = Fula [Hudson, Mark with Jenny Cathcart and Lucy Duran, "Senegambian Stars Are Here to Stay" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 617 - 633; Karolyi, pg. 42]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = fiddle - flute
Other = gawlo

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Tradition = Fulani
See = Fula

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Tradition = Goun [Bensignor, Fran&ccedi;ois with Eric Audra, "Afro-Funksters" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 432 - 436]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = kakagbo - hongan
Other =

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Tradition = Hausa [Turino, pg. 184; Bensignor, François and Ronnie Graham, "Sounds of the Sahel" and "From Hausa Music to Highlife" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 585 - 587 and pgs. 588 - 600]
Styles = praise song - rokon fada
Dance = asauwara - bori
Instrumentation = aglhaïta - duma - ganga - goge - kakati - kalangu - kontigi - kukkuma - molo
Other = bòòríí

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Tradition = Igbo [Ronnie Graham, "From Hausa Music to Highlife" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 588 - 600]
Styles = egwu ota
Dance =
Instrumentation = obo - ufie - ogene
Other =

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Tradition = Kasena [Koetting, James T., "Africa/Ghana" in "Worlds of Music", pgs. 67 - 105]
Styles = hocket - jongo - len yoro
Dance = jongo - nagila - pe zara - war dance
Instrumentation = gullu - gungonga - korbala - kornia - sinyegule - wua - yong wui
Other =

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Tradition = Lobi [Bensignor, François and Brooke Wentz, "Heart of the African Music Industry" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 472 - 476]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation = xylophone
Other =

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Tradition = Luo [Manuel, "Popular Musics", pg. 101]
Styles = nyatiti
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

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Tradition = Mande [Includes the Mandinka, Maninka and Bamana; Turino, pgs. 172 - 173; Bensignor, Fran&ccedi;ois, Guus de Klein, and Lucy Duran, "Hidden Treasure", "The Backyard Beats of Gumbe" and "West Africa's Musical Powerhouse" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 437 - 439, pgs. 499 - 504 and pgs. 539 - 562; Manuel, "Popular Musics", pg. 95; [http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/staticpages/index.php/glossary World Music Central] ]
Styles = donkilo - jaliya - kumbengo - praise singing - sataro - Wassoulou hunters' song
Dance = bansango - didadi - dimba - sogominkum
Instrumentation = balo - balafon - bolon - djembe - doundoun - fle - kamalengoni - karinyan - kontingo - kora - ngoni - soku - tama - tamani
Other = jali - jatigui - nyamakala

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Tradition = Mandinka
See = Mande

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Tradition = Maninka
See = Mande

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Tradition = Mauritanian [Includes Sahrawi music; Muddyman, David and Richard Trillo, "The Ways of the Moors" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 563 - 566]
Styles = al-bayda - epic - fagu - l'-gnaydiya - al-kahla - karrdn - labyad - lakhal - lebtayt - praise song
Dance =
Instrumentation = ardin - daghumma - tbal - tidinit
Other = iggawin

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Tradition = Mossi [Bensignor, Fran&ccedi;ois, "Hidden Treasure" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 437 - 439]
Styles = djambadon - griot
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other = Larle Naaba

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Tradition = Pulaar
See = Fula

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Tradition = Sahrawi
See = Mauritanian

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Tradition = Senoufo [Bensignor, François and Brooke Wentz, "Heart of the African Music Industry" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 472 - 476]
Styles = funereal music - poro
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

User:TUF-KAT/folkcountry
Tradition = Serer [Hudson, Mark with Jenny Cathcart and Lucy Duran, "Senegambian Stars Are Here to Stay" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 617 - 633]
Styles = polyphonic song
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

User:TUF-KAT/folkcountry
Tradition = Toucouleur [Hudson, Mark with Jenny Cathcart and Lucy Duran, "Senegambian Stars Are Here to Stay" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 617 - 633]
Styles =
Dance =
Instrumentation =
Other =

User:TUF-KAT/folkcountrysee
Tradition = Tukulor
See = Toucouleur

User:TUF-KAT/folkcountry
Tradition = Wolof [Turino, pg. 183; Hudson, Mark with Jenny Cathcart and Lucy Duran, "Senegambian Stars Are Here to Stay" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 617 - 633; [http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/staticpages/index.php/glossary World Music Central] ]
Styles =
Dance = farwoudiar
Instrumentation = halam
Other = gewel

User:TUF-KAT/folkcountry
Tradition = Yoruba [Turino, pgs. 181 - 182; Bensignor, Fran&ccedi;ois with Eric Audra, and Ronnie Graham, "Afro-Funksters" and "From Hausa Music to Highlife" in the "Rough Guide to World Music", pgs. 432 - 436 and pgs. 588 - 600; Karolyi, pg. 43]
Styles = dundun
Dance = gelede
Instrumentation = bata - dundun - gangan - gudugudu - igbin - iyalu - kakakai - sekere
Other = spraying

References

*cite book
author = Broughton, Simon and Mark Ellingham (eds.)
edition = First edition
id = ISBN 1-85828-636-0
location = London
publisher = Rough Guides
title = Rough Guide to World Music
year = 2000
* cite book
author = Karolyi, Otto
id = ISBN 0140231072
publisher = Penguin Books
title = Traditional African & Oriental Music
year = 1998
*cite book
author = Manuel, Peter
id = 0195053427
location = New York
publisher = Oxford University Press
title = Popular Musics of the Non-Western World
year = 1988
*cite book
author = Philip V. Bohlman
coauthors = Bruno Nettl, Charles Capwell, Thomas Turino and Isabel K. F. Wong
edition = Second edition
id = ISBN 0-13-230632-8
publisher = Prentice Hall
title = Excursions in World Music
year = 1997
*cite book
author = Nettl, Bruno
location = Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
publisher = Prentice Hall
title = Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents
year = 1965
*cite book
author = Fujie, Linda, James T. Koetting, David P. McAllester, David B. Reck, John M. Schechter, Mark Slobin and R. Anderson Sutton
edition = Second Edition
editor = Jeff Todd Titan (Ed.)
id = ISBN 0-02-872602-2
location = New York
publisher = Schirmer Books
title = Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples
year = 1992
*cite web
accessdate= April 3
accessyear= 2006
title = International Dance Glossary
url = http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/staticpages/index.php/glossary
work = World Music Central

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