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The Guinea Coast

The Guinea Coast. A Presentation by: Lisa Rickert, Jennifer Angelacos, Minh Nguyen, David Reinert, Erin Evans-Fudem, Carrie Guilfoyle, Christina Kado, Jeff Nelson, Bjorn Snider, Adam McKinley, Ryan Kaplan. MAP. Guinea Coast. Political and economic woes.

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The Guinea Coast

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  1. The Guinea Coast A Presentation by: Lisa Rickert, Jennifer Angelacos, Minh Nguyen, David Reinert, Erin Evans-Fudem, Carrie Guilfoyle, Christina Kado, Jeff Nelson, Bjorn Snider, Adam McKinley, Ryan Kaplan

  2. MAP

  3. Guinea Coast • Political and economic woes. • Uses ancient and traditional music as a way to pass on oral traditions and histories. • Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. • Flourishing of Guinea Black kingdoms.

  4. Instruments • Talking Drums - Imitates speech and sends messages. • By putting pressure on middle of drum, the musician reproduces notes that correspond to the words that he is transmitting.

  5. Instruments • Doundouns - set of three cylindrical drums of different sizes carved of wood. • Can be played vertically or horizontally with a stick. • Doundounba, Sangban, and Kenkini.

  6. Instruments • Balafon - ancestor of the xylophone. • Wood bars on wooden frame. Under each bar is a calabash used as a resonator. • Each gourd is pierced with holes which vibrates with each note played. • Gourds and bars are tuned to each other.

  7. Instruments • Boloye - is made of a long wooden neck tied to a big gourd. • The musician pinches the string with his right hand fingers or strums with a small piece of wood, giving a bass sound, while he hits the gourd with his left hand usually wearing a ring. • Used in Senufo in Northern Ivory Coast.

  8. Instruments • Shekeres - Gourd with beads tied around it. • When moving the gourd, the beads slide and make a shaking, rattling type of sound.

  9. Instruments • Alghaita - double reed, similar to the oboe. • Wooden body, metal tubing with four holes. • The Hausa in Nigeria play this instrument.

  10. Traditional Music • Performances of traditional music are used in many tribes for social reasons. • Some of these events are weddings, naming ceremonies, and royal processions. • Also for private occasions: lullabies, play songs, or work songs. • Children are taught at a young age to play music.

  11. Traditional Musical Form

  12. Traditional Music Samples • Play Dogumbo Song (“Sandema”) From CD: Ghana Ancient Ceremonies Song and Dance Music

  13. Contemporary Forms and Western Influences • West African musical traditions holds strong to oral traditions and culture. • Countries have gained independence, many have grappled with the problem of revitalizing indigenous ways while engaging the changing outside world. • 1960’s - Re-Africanization of music • Melting pot of styles and practices.

  14. Highlife Music • Dance music played primarily in Ghana and Nigeria. • Blend of different music and style. • King of Highlife, trumpeter and band leader, E.T. Mensah. • Sonny Okosun added reggae to the mix of Highlife, coming up with Ozzidi. • Father of other kinds of music: Afropop and Juju, Apala, Fuji, etc. • Revival of Highlife.

  15. Other styles of Contemporary Music • Afro Rock • Fuji • Juju

  16. Contemporary Music:Fela Kuti • Fela Kuti (1938-1997), • Inventor of Afrobeat. • Music dominated by political events in the Nigerian government. • M.O.P. “Movement of the People. • Developed fusion of Highlife (contemporary) and ancient traditional music.

  17. Fela Kuti • Coffin for Head of State • Unknown Soldier Both from CD: Coffin for Head of State

  18. Nigeria • Danjuma Adamu • Song: “Bad Company” • Song from Afro Bush Jazz Highlife Funk

  19. Ivory Coast:Alpha Blondy • African backbeat with Western instrumentation. • Unique style of reggae with rock n roll influences. • Song from Alpha Blondy Mix.

  20. THE END

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