Q: this clave is not Nigerian, is it?. and if i'm not mistaken I think it goes like (and it starts on the last A)

AaAaAAaAaAaA
A: the 'clave' or whatever it's really called, has seemed to permeate the globe throughout every time period. but i can confirm, from playing in a nigerian church, that all the up-tempo songs are based rhythmically around 2 rhythms, which seem to correspond nearly exactly with what i have heard through the grape vine to be the so called "clave" rhythms. one in 4/4 using 16th notes (AaaAaaAaaaAaAaaa) and one at the same tempo using triplets instead, and the rhythm is (AaAaaAaAaAaa). they don't have a name for it, but it is always those 2 rhythms