“黑”非是众多种族和文化的聚集地。由于种族界限模糊,共同特征又多,我们便常把这些种族的文化视为一个整体。一般人们所说的“非洲音乐”是指位于塞内加尔河、乍得湖和塔纳湖,或指从塞内加尔的圣路易到吉布提这条线以南的各民族的传统音乐之总和。事实上,一些共同的特征能够把大量源于及不相同的种族群归到同一文化的整体之中。 “Black” is not a gathering place for many races and cultures. Due to the vagueness of ethnic boundaries and the common features, we often view these ethnic cultures as a whole. What is commonly referred to as “African music” refers to the sum of the traditional music of the peoples of Senegal, Lake Chad and Lake Tana, or south of the line from Saint Louis of Senegal to Djibouti. In fact, some common features can bring together a large number of different and not the same ethnic groups into the same culture.