Firstly, the African culture is characterized the African culture is the Gastronomy or Cuisine. In Africa, the gastronomy is a varied combination of the local products such vegetables, meat products and milk, fruits, seafood and cereal grains. The cuisines vary from region to region. The Central, West, North, East and Southern …show more content…
African Art divides itself in music, dance, craftwork, and folktales. Music one of the artistic movements that has more acceptance both inside and outside of the continent. African music has a distinct rhythm produced by the main instruments the drums; other instruments are incorporated to give harmony to the composition such as bells, xylophones (also called marimba in several African nations), guitars, African trumpets (in some places called vuvuzela or lepatata mambu), and other ones. Some famous music styles are namely, Afrobeat (from Nigeria), Azonto (from Ghana), Coupé Decalé (from Ivory Coast), Coladeira ( from Cape Verde), Makossa (from Cameroon), Morna (from Cape Verde), Semba (from Angola), Marrabenta (from Mozambique), Kwaito (from South Africa). Kuduro (from Angola), Kizomba (from Angola), Mbaqanga (from South Africa), Pandza (from Mozambique), Raï (from Algeria), Taarab (from Tanzania and Kenya), and Sega (from Mauritius and Seychelles Islands). All of those music genres or styles have their specific dances. The speed of the rhythm determines how fast the dance is, and the way people dance may differ if the dance is individual, in pair or groups. For example, to dance the Azonto people can dance individually or in group. Although, some dances like Semba, Kizomba, Morna, Coladeira danced in pairs (usually by a man and women). Most of the groups dances require …show more content…
In summary, Africa is a continent that has vast culture potential. The food, art crafts, music, dance, language and other are one of the most influential around the world. For instance, the Samba, the Jazz and, Reggae are musical genres that were developed by African slaves in the Americas. Unfortunately, with globalization and other factors, some of the habits and costumes have been forgotten by the young generations. The real African culture needs to be preserved to show the future inhabitants of the world, so they can have the opportunity to feel and experience the immensity of attractions that this culture has to