Africa Flashcards

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King Sunny Ade

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Big juju player

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Fela Kuti

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Famous Nigerian, organ and sax player, England education with SoCal and Nigeria, wealthy activist

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Afro pop band, 9 to 12 men with different ages, European harmony

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ostinato

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Not only africa, repeating rhytmic figure or bass

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hocket

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Like an interlocking rhythm with melodies

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interlocking rhythms

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Several small rhythms that together make one complex

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jali or jalolu

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Designated musician in mande tribe, historian, man or woman

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BaAka tribe

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Nomadic tribe, yoda hockets, equal no one stands out

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Mande tribe

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Gambia west coast, enslaved own people, working and professionals, had a jali

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Ewe tribe

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Mostly ghana west coast, lots of precussion, no overarching heirarchy, call and response, boboobo song style, harmony is eruopean, missonaries

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kora

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Bridge harp, big, vibrate, high is location and low as we know it, used in Afropop

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mbira

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Thumb piano, astinato pattern, buzz type sound, low notes in the middle, all homeade

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Marimba

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Sizes and tunning are different, nothing uniform, sometimes multiple people playing and like a xylophone

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highlife

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Last of afro terms, 1970s, carribean influence, not as intricate, laid back and slow

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juju

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second style in this, electric guitar, schintissors

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palm wine

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Early style of afro pop, acoustic guitar, interlocking hockets, interlocking astenato, some english and along with Yoruba

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Afrobeat

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Goes well with tradtion, a lot of based out of nigeria, yoruba language