AFRICAN MUSIC

    African Music is mainly played in some important occasions, which plays a big role in influencing the music that we have listened to right now. 

    Spiritual is a genre of song originating in United States and created by African-Americans. Spirituals were primarily expressions of religious faith. Some may also have served as socio-political protests veiled as assimilation to white American culture. Spiritual Music also influence a lot to Christian Music and Islamic Music. 


Wade in the Water // Ramsey Lewis


    Wade In The Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions Produced in 1994 by NPR and the Smithsonian Institution, Wade in the Water is a 26-part documentary series detailing the history of American gospel music and its impact on soul, jazz and R&B.


references: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirituals#:~:text=Spirituals%20(also%20known%20as%20Negro,describing%20the%20hardships%20of%20slavery.

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/726113095/wade-in-the-water-an-introduction#:~:text=Wade%20In%20The%20Water%3A%20African%20American%20Sacred%20Music%20Traditions%20Produced,on%20soul%2C%20jazz%20and%20R%26B.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_euSS86dvE

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