HAMPTON UNIVERSITY HAMPTON, VIRGINIA THE HUMANITIES PROGRAM African Culture: The Elements of African Language and Music The art that derives from our sense of hearing is music. The basic elements of music are sound and silence. Music has many purposes within all societies. Most music performed by Africans is part of a social activity and is viewed as a sharing experience for everyone. African music is generally classified into two main style areas, which are …showed first 75 words of 1630 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1630 total…and is essential to the communication process. We use language in our everyday lives all the time.The literary traditions of Africa are more diverse than the literatures of Europe. Africa’s languages are more than one thousand in number. Most music performed by Africans was part of soem kind of social function. There are many different elements in music such as meloday, rhythm, and pitch. African music communicates messages and feelings, ideas are extramusical.