Susan,

I found these threads by entering "African music" in the search box.

Prior to starting this thread, I pmed Joe Offer, described my idea for this thread, and asked him if what I was doing was a thread or a permathread.

If I understood him correctly, Joe's opinion was that this concept sounded like a thread and not a permathread.

As for persons posting their comments about specific thread topics here instead of on those threads, I can only reiterate my pecious statements that this thread in no way should take the place of those specific archived or current threads. And members and guests who want to start new threads on generalities or specifics of the
multi-faceted subject of African music should do so.