Activity Quote by Manu Dibango

Music in Africa often contains messages. Music in Senegal, and Africa, is never music for music's sake or solely for entertainment. It's always a…

— Youssou N'Dour

I think the Congolese music is more important in the African community that Rwandan. You know, Rwanda is not musically really important in Africa.…

— Stromae

In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.

— Emmanuel Jal

It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much…

— Liya Kebede

All I knew about Ethiopia was from a few records that I like, as well as what I read about the famine. But you…

— Flea

In Africa, music is not an art form as much as it is a means of communication.

— Vernon Reid

Music in Africa is perceived so differently than Western classical music - it's language and storytelling.

— Ludwig Goransson

The music of Africa is big sound: it's the sound of a community

— Fela Kuti

When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music.…

— Youssou N'Dour

The African people and tribal chiefs are hospitable, and African music and dances are invigorating.

— Li Keqiang

I haven't traveled in Africa nearly as much as I'd like to. I've been there a few times, and I'd like to learn more…

— Chick Corea

What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.

— St. Lucia