Sakara music is a form of popular Nigerian music based in the traditions of Yoruba music.It is a Moslem-influenced style, mostly in the form of praise songs, that uses only traditional Yoruba instruments such as the solemn-sounding goje violin, and the small round sakara drum, which is similar to a tambourine and is beaten with a stick.Sakara music overlays the nasalized, melismatic vocals of Islamic music on the traditional percussion instruments.The music is often brooding and philosophical in mood.