Although some Nigerians, especially children and the elderly, play instruments for their own amusement, solo performance is otherwise rare. Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is almost always functional in other words, it is performed to mark a ritual such as the wedding or funeral and not to achieve artistic goals. Although Nigeria have over 250 ethnic groups but the largest ethnic groups are the Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. The country's most internationally renowned genres are Indigenous, Apala, Awurebe or Aurrebbe Music, Rara Music, Were Music, Ogene, Fuji, Jùjú, Afrobeat, Afrobeats, Igbo Highlife, Afro-juju, Waka, Igbo rap, Gospel, Yo-pop. Little is known about the country's music history prior to European contact, although bronze carvings dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries have been found depicting musicians and their instruments. The music of Nigeria includes many kinds of folk and popular music, styles of folk music are related to the multitudes of ethnic groups in the country, each with their own techniques, instruments, and songs.
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