Quiz 12 Flashcards
Ethnic groups
300
Africa is the
Second largest continent
Primary occupation
Farming
Three cultural zones
Pan Arabic zone
The Sahel zone
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zulu king Shaka
Organized a powerful military machine that conquered many people throughout s. Africa
European colonial occupation
Political borders of present day Africa
Dialects in sub-Saharan Africa
800
Social identity over individual identity
I’m because we are
Each person serves a function within the overall group
Music+ dance+ singing
Inseparable
Music is part of
Everyday life and work
3 main activities -> African music
Communal dance
Call-and-response singing
Polyrhythm in instrumental performance
Polyrhythm
Multiple rhythms, the organizational basis for most sub-Saharan African music traditions
Call+response
An individual sing a “call” and the group “response”
Which part of Africa drumming is predominant
Western Africa
Donno
Double headed hourglass shaped drum found in Ghana and elsewhere in west Africa