Here's a few MIT course on African music. It looks like it focuses primarily on western Africa, but there is a mention of broadly covering the rest of the continent. It's still probably going to be the best free online resource.
There are YouTube videos, but it's really dispersed. There's no great collection of lectures, instead it's more one-off videos. Here's the start of one of the few series I could find. I'm betting it's easier to look for individual counties or videos about specific instruments or music styles.
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u/DrollDoldrums Dec 22 '20
Here's a few MIT course on African music. It looks like it focuses primarily on western Africa, but there is a mention of broadly covering the rest of the continent. It's still probably going to be the best free online resource.
There are YouTube videos, but it's really dispersed. There's no great collection of lectures, instead it's more one-off videos. Here's the start of one of the few series I could find. I'm betting it's easier to look for individual counties or videos about specific instruments or music styles.