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Ewe

An African ethic group from Ghana and Togo that preforms agbekor

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Mande

General term for West African ethno. Linguistic groups whose music culture features specialist sound artisans and stringed instruments such as the Kora

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Dagbamba

Ethnic group of abukari Lunna from northern Ghana

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Shona

Ethnic group in Zimbabwe noted for its mbira music

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BaAka

One of several ethnic groups from central Africa known to Europeans as pygmies

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Agbekor

War dance of the Ewe people. The name means “clear life”. Now used for funerals and festivals

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Gankogui

West African double bell; molds time into distinctive shape

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Griot

Term used by Europeans for the hereditary sound artisans of west African polities such as the Mande (Jalolu) or Dagbamba (Lunsi)

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Kora

West African lute with 21 strings played like a harp

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Konkong

Obstinate part in kora music made by knocking on the resonator

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Mbira

Plucked idiopbone used by Shona (AKA the thumb piano)

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Chimurenga music

War of liberation against white rule; a style of popular music in Zimbabwe

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Afrobeat

Musical style created by fella Kati that presents politicallly charged Afrocentric lyrics within attractive dance party grooves