What is a Takht Ensemble?

A traditional Arabic music ensemble

What is microtonality?

the use of intervals smaller than whole-tones and semitones

What is Isicathamiya?

Black male a cappella choral singing in South Africa

Why is 1960 known as "the year of Africa"?

Many African nations achieved independence in the same year.

We've been talking a lot about 'feedback' - what are we talking about?

Musical traditions traveling ⇄ Africa and the US

Who are the griot/jali?

Storyteller musicians in Western Africa

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1
Which instrument is ethnomusicologist A.J. Racy playing?
mijwiz
nay flute
tin whistle
chanter
2
What is a Takht Ensemble?
An outfit you wear for a public lecture
A group of Bedouin musicians
An activist group in South Africa
A traditional Arabic music ensemble
3
Which musical influence(s) can you hear in Afrobeat?
North American jazz & funk
South African Isicathimaya
Jamaican reggae & ska
Cuban cha-cha
4
Which instrument also grinds coffee?
Mihbaj
Baratza
Zampogna
Mijwiz
5
What instrument is this and where is it most commonly found?
Chordophone; Egypt
Kora; Mali and Senegal
Lamellophone; Zimbabwe
Lute; Democratic Republic of Congo
6
Please name the country shaded in the picture
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Egypt
Angola
Wakanda
7
What is microtonality?
the use of intervals smaller than whole-tones and semitones
what you see when you put rebab string under a microscope
the repeating pattern of low notes in an ensemble
small sounds
8
When was Apartheid legislation abolished?
1920
1990
1964
1991
9
What is Isicathamiya?
A type of dance developed in South African mining camps
A plucked idiophone
Nigerian protest music
Black male a cappella choral singing in South Africa
10
Who was also known as "Mama Africa"?
Miriam Makeba
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Umm Kulthum
Nneka Egbuna
11
What is the name of the religious text of Islam?
Vedas
Bible
Qur'an
Torah
12
What is the country shaded in red?
South Africa
Canada
Senegal
Mali
13
Why is 1960 known as "the year of Africa"?
Large numbers of African-Americans immigrated to Africa
Paul Simon won a grammy award for Graceland
The establishment of the African National Congress
Many African nations achieved independence in the same year.
14
Which artist has sung about the inequalities and injustices of the oil industry in Nigeria?
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Miriam Makebe
Thomas Mapfumo
Nneka Egbuna
15
What is Xhosa?
A Click language
A folk saint
A genre of political music
A regional dialect in N Africa
16
Please name the country shaded in the picture
Jordan
Syria
Palestine
Israel
17
We've been talking a lot about 'feedback' - what are we talking about?
Musical traditions traveling ⇄ Africa and the US
The fusion of musical genres
Adulation from an audience
The sound of a microphone too close to an amp
18
Which of the following artists was/is NOT overtly political?
Miriam Makebe
Thomas Mapfumo
Fela Kuti
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
19
Who are the griot/jali?
Coffee farmers in East Africa
Storyteller musicians in Western Africa
Nomadic communities in North Africa
A small ethnic group in South Africa
20
Which country is shaded in red?
Lesotho
Zimbabwe
Democratic Republic of Congo
South Africa

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