African Music

noun a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce sound

• The marimba is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce musical tones.
• I love the sound of the marimba at the music festival.
• Let's jam out on the marimba together.
• Her words danced across my mind like notes on a marimba.

noun a style of music incorporating elements of West African musical styles such as fuji and highlife with American funk and jazz influences, featuring complex rhythms and percussion

• Afrobeat is a genre of music that originated in West Africa in the late 1960s.
• I love dancing to afrobeat music at parties.
• Have you heard that new afrobeat track? It's fire!
• The rhythm of afrobeat pulsates through the crowded streets, creating a vibrant energy.