5. Music has always been an important part of daily life of African
people, whether for work, religion, ceremonies, or even
communication.
Singing, dancing, hand clapping, and beating of drums are
essential to many African ceremonies.
6.
7. Music and dance are also important to religious expression and
political events.
8. African Music is a collective result of the cultural and musical
diversity of the more than 50 ethnic divisions of the continent.
9. The organization of this vast continent is a colonial legacy from
European rule of the different nations up to the end of the 19th
century, enabling it to incorporate its music with language,
environment, political developments, immigration, and cultural
diversity.
10. It has a basically interlocking structural format, due mainly to its
overlapping and dense texture as well as its rhythmic complexity.
11. Its many sources of influence have produced such varied styles and
genres.
