In Africa, songs are sung for every occasion, including: - childhood lullabies and play songs
- birthdays, marriages and funerals
- religious, political and tribal occasions
African music is:
- part of everyday activities - everyone joins in clapping, singing and dancing to the music
- part of rites and ceremonies where it is performed by specialist master drummers and court musicians
- not normally written down but passed on through oral tradition.
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