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Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Republic of the Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | DjiboutiDjibouti is an African country on the Horn of Africa. It is an important port city, and has historically been part of several states, most recently including France. Djibouti was France's last African colony to gain independence. Djibouti is made up of tw | EgyptThe region around the Nile is one of the oldest continually-inhabited areas in the world. Ancient Egyptian musicians are known to have played harps and flutes circa 4000 BC, and double clarinets and lyres from around 3500 BC. Percussion instruments were a | Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea's culture has been less-documented than most African countries, and commercial recording remains scarce. This is partially due to the country's small size and a population of only about 400,000. Equatorial Guinea was carved out of three | EritreaEritrea is an East African country. Its cultural heritage is closely linked to its neighbor, Ethiopia, of it was recently a province. Eritrean music is especially similar to that of the Ethiopian province of Tigray. Perhaps the most famous Eritrean musici | EthiopiaEthiopian music is strongly influenced by Muslim forms as well as folk musics from the Horn of Africa, especially Somalia. In northeastern Ethiopia, in Wello, a Muslim musical form called manzuma developed. Sung in Amharic, manzuma has spread to Harar and | GabonGabon is an African country whose musical output is little-known in comparison with regional giants like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon. The country boasts an array of folk styles, as well as pop stars like Patience Dabany (who now live | GambiaThe Gambia is a West African country closely linked musically with its neighbor, Senegal. Griots, a kind of hereditary praise-singer, are common throughout the region, a legacy of the ancient Mande Empire. Gambian Griots often play the Kora, a 21 string h | GhanaThe most well-known form of Ghanaian music is highlife, which has become popular all across Africa and much of the rest of the world. Highlife arose among the coastal regions of Ghana and, to a lesser extent Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and other Englis | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
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