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What is the most popular musical instrument in Africa? (Hint: It's a percussion instrument)

What is the traditional stringed instrument of North Africa, often associated with Gnawa music?

What is the African drum from the South Western part of Nigeria that can mimic human speech?

What is the name of the traditional Ethiopian musical instrument, a single-stringed fiddle played with a bow?

What is the name of the 21-stringed harp-like instrument commonly found in West Africa, often associated with the Mandinka people?

Which African country is often associated with the birth of Makossa music?

In which North African country is the traditional music style of Stambeli practiced, often involving trance-like rituals and healing ceremonies?

What is the name of the popular dance-pop music genre from Angola?

Which African country is the birthplace of the popular genre known as Coupé-Décalé?

A very popular traditional Ugandan music genre performed in Luganda language

Who is the renowned Malian singer-songwriter known for her powerful voice and socially conscious lyrics?

Popular Zimbabwean musician known globally as the Lion of Zimbabwe and fondly at home as Mukanya (meaning: “Baboon”)

Which artist is known as the Golden Voice of Africa?

Instrument : (1. Drum; 2. Guembri; 3. Gangan; 4. Masenqo; 5. Kora )

Genres: (1. Cameroon; 2. Tunisia; 3. Kuduro; 4. Côte d'Ivoire; 5. Kadongo kamu)

Artists: (1. Oumou Sangaré, a Malian singer and songwriter;  2. Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician and political activist;  3. Thomas Mapfumo, a Zimbabwean musician and political activist; 4. Mulatu Astatke, an Ethiopian musician and arranger; 5. Salif Keita, a Malian singer-songwriter )

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