West African Culture

Short history from the 16th century to the 17th century, mainly in West Africa (today's Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Dhoumi, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon) Brazil and slaves in the West Indies. For them, the difference between local and tribal, even the difference in cultural background, will soon become a common concern for their suffering. Music, songs, dances, and traditional foods in people 's memory not only help to raise them but also accidentally add something inaccessible to their surrounding culture.

African drums have existed since the 12th century and are used as a communication tool between African tribes. It was a culture of West Africa as a medium for various religious and cultural purposes. Only the aristocrats acknowledge the African drummer. Everyone can play instruments over time. The rhythm and diverse sounds have the potential for success for people who succeed and possess various instruments such as Djembe, Kpanlogo drums, African conversation drums, African tambourines, Darbuka, Ngoma drums.

It was born out of West African culture and music expression, African-American music tradition including blues and ragtime, and European military band music. After the beginning of the 20th century in the African-Americans community, Jazz acquired international reputation in the 1920s. Since that time, jazz has had a great influence on other musical styles around the world including classical music and pop music. In the 1950s, rock music was able to see the elements of rock and roll in the rhythm and blues records of the 1920s, but it became a clear musical style in the United States. Early rock music was a blend of elements of blues, bouge · glage, jazz, rhythm, blues, and traditional Appalachian folk music, gospel, country music, and Western music.

Jazz was born in the late 19th and early 20th century because the interpretation of American and European classical music was intertwined with the influence of African and slave folk songs and the culture of West Africa. Over the years, personal interpretation and improvisation of each performer changed its composition and style. And that is one of the biggest attractions of this type. By 1866, the Atlantic slave trade took nearly 400,000 Africans to North America. Slaves mainly come from West Africa and the Congo River Basin, bringing a strong music tradition. African tradition mainly uses single line melody and telephone response pattern. And they have reverse metrology structure and reflect African language pattern.