African Music

I decided to take some time to look at the website devoted to African music. http://www.afropop.com/ This website covers modern day music and gives history to traditional African music. Here you will be able to learn more about popular artists and hear some of their music. You will be able to read reviews, get tour information, and they even have some recipes for some African cuisine.

The link that I focused on the most was the link titled "Explore." This dropdown link gives you the option to explore by artist, region, country, or style. I tended to focus mainly on the "country" link. This link will give you information on each country's history (politically and musically). After reading the history on a few of the countries, I was shocked to learn how much South American has influenced African music. I was also shocked to learn that in many countries, Zimbabwe for example, that traditional music is beginning to be overlooked. Radio is controlled by government here and other popular music is taking the place of their traditional sounds.