Africa Flashcards
King Sunny Ade
Big juju player
Fela Kuti
Famous Nigerian, organ and sax player, England education with SoCal and Nigeria, wealthy activist
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Afro pop band, 9 to 12 men with different ages, European harmony
ostinato
Not only africa, repeating rhytmic figure or bass
hocket
Like an interlocking rhythm with melodies
interlocking rhythms
Several small rhythms that together make one complex
jali or jalolu
Designated musician in mande tribe, historian, man or woman
BaAka tribe
Nomadic tribe, yoda hockets, equal no one stands out
Mande tribe
Gambia west coast, enslaved own people, working and professionals, had a jali
Ewe tribe
Mostly ghana west coast, lots of precussion, no overarching heirarchy, call and response, boboobo song style, harmony is eruopean, missonaries
kora
Bridge harp, big, vibrate, high is location and low as we know it, used in Afropop
mbira
Thumb piano, astinato pattern, buzz type sound, low notes in the middle, all homeade
Marimba
Sizes and tunning are different, nothing uniform, sometimes multiple people playing and like a xylophone
highlife
Last of afro terms, 1970s, carribean influence, not as intricate, laid back and slow
juju
second style in this, electric guitar, schintissors