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CULTURE DAY!
Turn in maps??
Warm Up: Why is it important to study
different cultures?
African Tribes – Fast Facts
Culture Activity
Tribe Research
African Music Listening Party
The average
height of a
pygmie tribe
member is 4 feet
11 inches.
Some Sudanese people are among the tallest people (on
average) in the world. In some of the tribes the average
height of a man is six feet and four inches, where as for
women it is six feet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MztK1bXbhIA
Questions to consider while
listening:
Does the song remind you of anything?
How does this song make you feel? Happy? Sad? Worried?
What do you think it means?
How does this song compare to music you currently listen to?
What themes can you pull out of the song?
Rhythm? Repetition?
African music was/is often used
during political movements.
Senzeni Na? in English “What have we done?”
Created during anti-apartheid movements
Apartheid was a series of institutionalized racial segregation that existed
in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s.
Sung in the Zulu language
Some lyrics:
What have we done?
Our sin is that we are black?
Representation of Africa through
movie soundtracks
The Rainmaker – Hanz Zimmer from “The Power of One”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFp_puk7cRs
Have you seen any movies that set in Africa?
What is the music like? What do you think it is trying to convey?
Salif Keita "Tekere"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhPZ8StErSE
Tekere means “clap your hands”
Combines traditional African rhythms with a dance groove
How does this song make you feel?
Do you notice any similarities between this and the other two songs
we’ve listened to?
Modern Song: A Celebration of
Gambia Independence
Sona Jobarteh – GAMBIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtmmlOQnTXM
Celebrates Gambia’s Independence
What do you hear? What themes are you picking up on in African
music?
Modern African Pop
WIZKID - OJUELEGBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7QiLceJSLQ
Sung in Yoruba and English
Tells stories about his life living in Nigeria
Common themes?
African Music Debrief
Tribes have their own styles of music too, using unique instruments