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Afro-Latin American music refers to the fusion of African and Latin American cultures through music. It includes genres such as salsa, cumbia, merengue, and bachata. Enslaved Africans brought their musical traditions to places like Cuba and Puerto Rico, resulting in the birth of Afro-Latin American music. Music is an important part of understanding Latin American history and culture.

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Music

Afro-Latin American music refers to the fusion of African and Latin American cultures through music. It includes genres such as salsa, cumbia, merengue, and bachata. Enslaved Africans brought their musical traditions to places like Cuba and Puerto Rico, resulting in the birth of Afro-Latin American music. Music is an important part of understanding Latin American history and culture.

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Music

AFRO-LATIN
AMERICAN AND
POPULAR MUSIC
Group 5
AFRO-LATIN
AMERICAN AND
POPULAR MUSIC
Afro-Latin American music is a term that refers to
the fusion of African and Latin American cultures
through music. It includes genres such as salsa,
cumbia, merengue, and bachata.
Afro-Latin American music is a term that refers to
the fusion of African and Latin American cultures
through music. It includes genres such as salsa,
cumbia, merengue, and bachata.

Afro-Latin American music often features rhythmic


complexity, infectious grooves, and expressive
melodies that celebrate the fusion of African and
Latin American musical influences.
MUSIC

History of
Alfo-Latin
American
Music
It helps us channel those feelings, easing our sorrows or making our joy grow.
Did you know?
They were brought to work on plantations in Spanish
colonies like Cuba and Puerto Rico. These enslaved
people were taken from Africa with various musical
traditions, which they combined with the music of their
new home. This resulted in the birth of Afro-Latin
American music.
Music of Africa
Music has always been an important part in the daily life of
African.

Music and dance are also important to religious expression


and political events.
Traditional Music of Africa

African traditional music is largely functional


nature, used primarily in ceremonial rites, such
as birth, death, marriage, succession, worship,
and spirit invocations.
MUSIC

Music
of
Africa
Apala
Musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style to wake up the
worshippers after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.

Axe
popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro-
Carribean styles of the marcha, reggae, and calypso.

Jit
a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played in drums with
guitar accompaniment, influenced by mbira - based guitar styles.
Juju
a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba
rhythms.

Kwassa Kwassa
a dance style begun in Zaire in late 1980’s popularized by Kanda Bongo man.
MUSIC

Vocal
forms of
African
Music
what is the Vocal form
of African Music?
The basic form of African Vocal Music is CHORAL SINGING known
as CALL AND RESPONSE where one singer (SOLOIST) or small
group of singers sings a line and the whole group (CHORUS) makes
a reply (often a fixed REFRAIN) – like a “musical conversation” – in
alternation with the “lead singer”. The soloist often IMPROVISES.
what is the Vocal form
of African Music?
African vocal music showcases a wide range of vocal
sounds, including whispers, screams, and animal
imitations, in the over-the-top performance style of “call
and response.” Short phrases with changing words are
also a characteristic of African vocal music.
Maracatu
Maracatu first surfaced in the African state of Pernambuco, combining the
strong rhythms of African percussion instruments with Portuguese melodies.
The maracatu groups were called "nacoes" (nations) who paraded with a
drumming ensemble numbering up to 100, accompanied by a singer, chorus,
and a coterie of dancers.

Blues
This is a gloomy folk music of African American origin which is
naturally in a twelve bar order.
Soul
This kind of music combining the basics of rhythm and blues and
gospel music which was popularized by the African-Americans.
Music is
important.
Importance of Afro-Latin
American Music
Music is an important part of understanding the
history and people of Latin America. Africans, enslaved
and free, brought new rhythms, dances, songs, and
musical practices with them to the Americas as well,
creating unique syncretic blends of song, dance, and
performance.
MUSIC

THANK YOU FOR


LISTENING

GROUP 5

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