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• What is Jive?


  A lively variation of a jitterbug
• What is Juju music?


  A popular style from Nigeria relying on traditional Yoruba rhythms
• What is Kwassa Kwassa?


  A booty dance style from Zaire
• What is Marabi?


  An extended dance in vamping patterns and repeated harmony
• What characterizes Reggae music?


  It is a Jamaican sound dominated by bass and guitar
• What is Salsa music?


  Afro-Cuban music
• What is Samba music?


  Brazilian music
• What is Soca music?


  A fusion of soul and calypso music
• What is Were music?


  Muslim music used as a wakeup call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan
• What is Zouk music?


  A fast carnival type of music
• What is the origin of Maracatu music?


  • Traced back to the Coronation of the Black Kings ceremony
  • Originated when Brazil was still a Portuguese colony
  • Enslaved Africans consecrated a black leader, the King for the slaves