african music

1-1) Postal Workers Canceling Stamps

• country- ghana

• tribe-not specific

• post office uses stamps,ink pads, etc. to create music while they work.The rhythm is rather complex, polyrhythmic in a typically African tradition, melody is more european.

1-15)Agbekor

• country- Ghana & Togo

• tribe-ewe

• traditionally used for war prep or celebration, now used for funerals and festivals. a medley of 5 songs

• text-macho war-related words

• singing-call & response

1-17) Lambango

• country-The Gambia

• Tribe-Mande

• A praise song, performed by griots, lead singer a women, her husband, and a second man who speaks and plays konkong

• text: praises 3 former leaders of The Gambia

1-18) Nag Biegu

• country- Ghana

• tribe- Dagboma

• A praise name dance

• text: honors a former warrior king of the Dagbon people

• Instruments- 2 underarm drum, which play answering pattern

1-19) Nhemamusasa

• Country- zimbabwe

• Tribe-Shona

• A traditional mbira piece relating to a war song

• instruments- 2 mbiras plus rattles

• music is both polyrhythmic & polyphonic

1-20) Nyarai

• Country-Zimbabwe

• Tribe-Shona

• Modern dance club music

• music influenced by shone mbira tradition

• instruments: electric guitar, bass, keyboard, drum set, trumpets and African percussion

1-21) Makala

• Country: Central African Republic

• Tribe-BaAka

• net hunting music, sung by young people in training context

• text: mostly vocables

• musical styles: yodeling and polyphonic

• hand drum