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Arts Music Styles R Regional and Ethnic African

See also:

• Arts: Performing Arts: Dance: Folk: African  (40)
• Regional: Africa: Arts and Entertainment: Music  (27)

This category in other languages:
	French  (30)   German  (8)

• Afribeat - South African based music and arts site. Reviews, artist profiles, and film and music festivals.
• Africa Sounds - Focuses on music from Central and West Africa. Includes articles on styles, top performers, new music albums, and United States concert listings.
• African Hip Hop - Platform for information and discussion on hip hop from the African continent. News, reviews, downloads and music store.
• African Music Archive - Focuses primarily on contemporary music. Includes projects and a directory of links. [English/German]
• African Music Encyclopedia - African music styles and musicians worldwide, listing of music stores, bookstore, and links.
• African Music Hub - The hub of the African Music Discussion Group and the African Music Webring with information on how to join the group.
• African Music WebRing - Ring of sites featuring information about the music of the African Diaspora.
• Afro-Caribbean Music Guide - African musicians by style, label, country, instrument, and year. Biographies, audio samples, lyrics, articles, and links.
• Afropop Worldwide - Database of articles on African music and musicians searchable by artist, style, and country. Includes radio shows, reviews and interviews, and a glossary.
• AllAfrica.com: Music Top News - Newsfeed source for news and reports on music in Africa. [English/French]
• Columbia University: Music of Africa - Annotated directory of links.
• Dandemutande - Worldwide resource for Zimbabwean music includes e-zine, calendar of concerts and festivals, and database of performers, teachers, instrument makers, vendors, and websites.
• East African Music - Descriptions of Kenyan and Tanzanian popular music, discographies, audio files, and a profile of Samba Mapangala and Orchestra Virunga with audio samples.
• Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique - Popular urban music of Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Congo. Includes artist profiles, reviews, and a schedule of festivals in Europe.
• Gateway of Africa - Musicians listed by country and style. Includes biographies, discographies, worldwide concert listings, and links.
• Highlife Piccadilly - African music released on 45 rpm records in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1981.
• The Leopard Man's Guide to African Music - Biographies, discographies, and reviews of African artists and bands. [English/Norwegian]
• Music in Eastern and Central Africa - Article by Muttu Mondiya Mama about Congolese and East African musicians and their music.
• Musique d'Afrique. - African pop music selections available in streaming audio and through download in Real Audio.
• NTAMA - Journal for African Music and Popular Culture - Articles, reviews, recent releases, events in Germany, and obituaries.
• Recordiversity - Information and images about collectable records, with the emphasis on seven-inch singles from Africa.
• Roots World: African Music - Includes artist profiles, articles, reviews, and audio samples.
• South of the Sahara: African Music - Stanford University's annotated guide to African music sites.
• Swahili Music Portal - MP3s of historical recordings fusing traditional and pop and jazz influences.
• Yahoo Groups: African Music - Mailing list established in 1995, open to all. [Requires free membership]
• Zimbabwe Music Guide - Chimurenga, jit, rhumba, sungura, soukous music and musicians. Includes profiles, discographies, audio samples, guitar tablature, listing of record labels and music stores, and links.