About Yoruba music
Yoruba music is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of music of West Africa.
Yoruba music has given rise to 7 subgenres on this site, such as Jùjú music, Apala, Fuji music and Bolojo.
From Wikipedia
Yoruba music is the pattern/style of music practiced by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Togo, and Benin. It is perhaps best known for its extremely advanced drumming tradition and techniques, especially using the gongon hourglass shape tension drums. Yoruba folk music became perhaps the most prominent kind of West African music in Afro-Latin and Caribbean musical styles; it left an especially important influence on the music used in Santería practice and the music of Cuba.
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What is Yoruba music?
Yoruba music is a music genre. It is usually classed as a form of music of West Africa.