Simply judging by the rhythms, the contribution of african music to the music of this world, and consequently, to the global civilisation, is indisputable: it is universally agreed that, forced exportation via 400 years of slavery has brought to the New World the seeds of gospel, blues, rock, rhythm-and-blues, jazz, funk, rap, hip-hop, calypso, reggae, salsa, samba, bossa-nova, and all the countless derivatives and variations, which makes them all african music in essence, just on the rhythmic standpoint.

Far from trying to re-invent the wheel, the Academy is willing to regroup publications (or links towards publications) by historians, musicologists, researchers and scholars, with their explicit authorisation, starting with journalists-historians couple Nago Seck and Sylvie Clerfeuille’s contribution, whose Afrisson’s website, enriched by an everlasting dedication to african music, already offers priceless resources.

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