Detailed description

This factual article ‘Traditional African Music’ features important and interesting information about different styles of traditional African music. This resource is easy to read and provides a brief outline of the different types of music found in a couple of the various regions of Africa. It also briefly describes instruments important to African music such as membraphones and idiophones. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical and cultural awareness and could be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of African history or culture.