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Music plays a very important role in African social life.
It is transmission of knowledge and values and for celebrating important communal and personal occasions. The music is often combined with speech, drama, and visual arts to create events. In many African religions sound is thought to be one of the primary means by which deities and humans impose order on the universe. In great kingdoms which developed from the 10th-20th century in various parts of Africa, professional musicians played a crucial role as historians. Music is often used to organize work activities.