Africa is one of the Seven Continents of the world particularly found in the middle underneath the continent Europe. It is made up of different countries with various progression of culture and traditions through out the years. Just like any human being Africans also have been through a lot in its past. Africans were used as slaves and were stripped of their freedom.
After all of the years they have suffered they are now free yet the sadness and sorrow they feel cannot easily be freed. With the coming of music they were able to express themselves through it. They create their music with a purpose, not only just to express what they feel. They make music as an offering to their gods and provide entertainment. Through the lyrics of their music they are able to educate the younglings or even to communicate with each other to mark important events in our humanly lives.
This song that you see above is one of the most famous original soundtracks in the movie "The Lion King". It is entitled "The Circle of Life" sang by Carmen Twillie an American actress and composed by Lebo M. a South African composer. The song symbolizes the abstract thing the Circle of life which is made up of series of event that we all as living beings experience such as birth to death, from the happy moments to the problems and troubles that we encounter, and so on. It inspires the listeners to open their minds and reflect on what life's unending cycle contains.
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