AFRICAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN IDEMILI CULTURE OF IGBO LAND

Abstract

African music and its musical instruments play prevailing roles in inter-cultural scheme of activities and events. The music of Africa and its instruments are very traditional and are handed down from generation to generation. Referred to the vastness of the African continent, the traditional music and musical instruments of Africa is historically ancient, rich and diverse with the different regions and nations of Africans having distinct musical traditions and culture. In addition, African continent is the second largest continents in the world and its people constitutes a tenth of the world population with about 1,000 indigenous languages spoken throughout the continent. Therefore, the people’s musical instruments go a long way in spreading the culture of the inhabitants as we can see in the African Musical Instruments in culture in Idemili North and South Local Government Areas of Anambra State Nigeria in Africa.