Zokela is a musical group from the Central African Republic, one of the most influential in the country. The group are responsible for a style of African music of the same name which emerged in the early 1980s. The Bangui-based band features electric guitars and drums with the "insistent and vital sound of ceremonies and funeral dances of the Lobaye".
References
- John Shepherd (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. Continuum. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-8264-7436-0.
- Michelle Robin Kisliuk (1998). Seize the Dance!: BaAka Musical Life and the Ethnography of Performance. Oxford University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-19-514404-8.
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