How were African music and The Beatles related?

Answer 1

Being a hardcore Beatles fan, I don't recall The Beatles having any relations with African music. In fact, I think you meant Indian music. During the later part of the 1960s, The Beatles traveled to India for meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. George Harrison was best known for picking up on how to play the Sitar, which is an Indian instrument. It's kind of like a guitar, but it has this different sound to it. You can hear George playing the sitar in one of their songs called "Norwegian Wood". It's the sound at the beginning of the song. Hoped this helped!