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Mali

Mali. Mande Tribal/Linguistic Groups. The Kora (Cora). Kora. Playing the Kora. Musicians in Mande Culture. Caste system Three levels - Nobles/ Rulers - Nyamalo (craftsmen who work w/ objects) - Sula (“ordinary” people) Musicians = Nyamalo (why?) Jalli/Jelli or “Griot” (French term).

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Mali

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  1. Mali

  2. Mande Tribal/Linguistic Groups

  3. The Kora (Cora)

  4. Kora

  5. Playing the Kora

  6. Musicians in Mande Culture • Caste system • Three levels- Nobles/ Rulers- Nyamalo (craftsmen who work w/ objects)- Sula (“ordinary” people) • Musicians = Nyamalo (why?) • Jalli/Jelli or “Griot” (French term)

  7. Kora (Cora) on YouTube • YouTube - Jali & The Kora • YouTube - Kora music from West African Griot • YouTube - Djele Lankandia - Kora Music • YouTube - Griot Lamin Saho - Peace, love and unity between the people. • YouTube - Kora music in the Gambia • YouTube - Kora meets Balafon - Two Mamadou Diabates • YouTube - Kora - Idrissa Cissoko

  8. Africa(political)

  9. Ewe Tribal areas

  10. Drums from Eastern Ghana

  11. Gangkogui (timeline)

  12. Axatse (timeline)

  13. Atsimevu(leader)

  14. Sogo, Kidi, Kaganu(left to right)

  15. Anlo-Ewe Drum Ensemble • Gangokui (clapperless double bell) -TIMELINE • Axatse (rattle – external beads on fishnet) - TIME • Atsimevu (largest drum, often on stand) - LEAD • Kaganu (medium small, semi-independent) • Sogo (small, 2-1/2 ft closed, hand, follower) • Kidi (small, 2 ft closed, sticks, follower) • See dancedrummer.com for examples • Also see Virtual Instrument Museum (Region: Africa)for individual instruments

  16. African Drumming on YouTube • YouTube - Akrowa Dance Ensemble, Drumming in Kokrobite Ghana • YouTube - traditional Ewe drumming and singing • YouTube - Ayan Bisi Adeleke - Master talking drummer - drum talks • YouTube - Yoruba Bata Ensemble Drums for Orisa, volume 1

  17. Popular Music in Africa(mainly Nigeria)

  18. Yaw Ofori Singing Band(recorded by Union Trading Company [UTC] in 1940s?)

  19. Ramblers Dance Band(“Highlife”, c. 1950s?)

  20. E.T. Mensah and his Tempos Band(Ghana, c. 1955)

  21. Rhythm Aces performing at “Weekend in Havana”(Club in James Town, Ghana, c. 1950-60)

  22. King Sunny Adé (b. 1946)“Minister of Enjoyment” “Golden Mercury of Africa”

  23. King Sunny and his African Beats

  24. Jújú • Yoruba-based music (tribe of SW Nigeria) • Emerges in 1930s w/ trios - a leader who sang and played the banjo- a shekere bottle-gourd rattle player- a jùjú (tambourine) drummer • 1948 – addition of Yoruba talking drum • King Sunny’s Band (large lineup, up to 16+)5-8 guitars, 2+ Talking drums, synthesizer(s), pedal steel guitar, miscellaneous percussion, 4 or more backup singers • “Jújú Music” (Island Records, 1982) -200,000 copies sold [replacement for Bob Marley]

  25. Highlife, JuJu, Afrobeat(Nigerian Pop) • YouTube - Taxi Driver - A Highlife Classic • YouTube - Classic Highlife • YouTube - West African Highlife Band & Nigerian Brothers drum & chants • YouTube - JUJU MUSIC - Performance Documentary Trailer • YouTube - Dele Abiodun- Juju music -Nigeria Yoruba • YouTube - Juju Tempo Tola Osumare • YouTube - I.K. Dairo - Salome (Audio) • YouTube - I.K. Dairo MBE • YouTube - King Sunny Ade (KSA@60) • YouTube - KING SUNNY ADE - JA FUNMI • YouTube - King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti de Ariya (Audio) • YouTube - king sunny ade (AUDIO)

  26. Fela Kuti (1938-1997)

  27. Fela’s life • Middle-Class Nigerian family- Mother – Feminist & Anti-colonialist- Father – Minister & Teacher (Union Pres.) • London (1958) to study medicine, then music • Koola Lobitos (mixes jazz, funk, highlife) • Nigeria (1963-69) radio producer • United States (1969) – influenced by Black Power movement • Bands: Nigeria ’70, Africa ‘70

  28. Fela Kuti at “Kalakuta Republic” • Founded 1970 • Commune, recording studio, home for band • Declares “independence” from Nigeria • 1974 Raid “Expensive Sh—” • 1977 Attack (“Zombie”) – compound destroyed, Fela beaten, Mother killed

  29. Fela’s life • 1978 – marries 27 women (dancers in band) • Accra concert in Ghana (riots after “Zombie”) • 1979 – runs for president of Nigeria (“Movement of the People” Party) • Band: Egypt ‘80 • 1980s – tours (US, Europe, etc.) • 1984 – jailed (currency smuggling) • 1997 – dies of complications of AIDS

  30. Fela’s Music • Afro Beat (his term) – jazz, funk, highlife • Large horn line, African percussion, etc. • Long (10-minute songs) static dance grooves- ostinato patterns- call & response- improvisation • Political lyrics (pan-Africanism) • Sings in Pidgin English (why?)

  31. Fela on YouTube • YouTube - Lady/Water No Get Enemy by. Fela Kuti • YouTube - Zombie - The Fela Kuti Tribute Concert 2003 (performed by Fela’s son) • YouTube - Fela Kuti "Gentleman“ • Compare James Brown (“Hardest Working Man in Show Business”) (1970s: “Funk”)- YouTube - James Brown - Sex Machine (1976)- YouTube - james brown,say it loud i'm black and i'm proud

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