West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities

West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities
Title West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities PDF eBook
Author George Worlasi Kwasi Dor
Publisher Univ. Press of Mississippi
Pages 325
Release 2014-02
Genre Music
ISBN 1617039144

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The first ethnomusicological study of the people who created a transnational connection in and through a world music culture

West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities

West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities
Title West African Drumming and Dance in North American Universities PDF eBook
Author George Worlasi Kwasi Dor
Publisher Univ. Press of Mississippi
Pages 490
Release 2014-02-20
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 1496801970

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More than twenty universities and twenty other colleges in North America (USA and Canada) offer performance courses on West African ethnic dance drumming. Since its inception in 1964 at both UCLA and Columbia, West African drumming and dance has gradually developed into a vibrant campus subculture in North America. The dances most practiced in the American academy come from the ethnic groups Ewe, Akan, Ga, Dagbamba, Mande, and Wolof, thereby privileging dances mostly from Ghana, Togo, Benin, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. This strong presence and practice of a world music ensemble in the diaspora has captured and engaged the interest of scholars, musicians, dancers, and audiences. In the first-ever ethnographic study of West African drumming and dance in North American universities, the author documents and acknowledges ethnomusicologists, ensemble directors, students, administrators, and academic institutions for their key roles in the histories of their respective ensembles. Dor collates and shares perspectives including debates on pedagogical approaches that may be instructive as models for both current and future ensemble directors and reveals the multiple impacts that participation in an ensemble or class offers students. He also examines the interplay among historically situated structures and systems, discourse, and practice, and explores the multiple meanings that individuals and various groups of people construct from this campus activity. The study will be of value to students, directors, and scholars as an ethnographic study and as a text for teaching relevant courses in African music, African studies, ethnomusicology/world music, African diaspora studies, and other related disciplines.

West African Rhythms for Drumset

West African Rhythms for Drumset
Title West African Rhythms for Drumset PDF eBook
Author Royal Hartigan
Publisher Alfred Music Publishing
Pages 116
Release 1995
Genre Music
ISBN 9780897247320

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With Freeman Kwazdo Donkor and Abraham Adzenyah. Based on four Ghanaian rhythmic groups (Sikyi, Adowa, Gahu and Akom), this book and CD will provide drumset players with a "new" vocabulary based on some of the oldest and most influential rhythms in the world. A groundbreaking presentation!

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore
Title The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore PDF eBook
Author Anand Prahlad
Publisher Greenwood
Pages 538
Release 2006
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN

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Contains over seven hundred entries on African American folklore, including music, art, foodways, spiritual beliefs, and proverbs.

Hot Feet and Social Change

Hot Feet and Social Change
Title Hot Feet and Social Change PDF eBook
Author Kariamu Welsh
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 446
Release 2019-12-23
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0252051815

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The popularity and profile of African dance have exploded across the African diaspora in the last fifty years. Hot Feet and Social Change presents traditionalists, neo-traditionalists, and contemporary artists, teachers, and scholars telling some of the thousands of stories lived and learned by people in the field. Concentrating on eight major cities in the United States, the essays challenges myths about African dance while demonstrating its power to awaken identity, self-worth, and community respect. These voices of experience share personal accounts of living African traditions, their first encounters with and ultimate embrace of dance, and what teaching African-based dance has meant to them and their communities. Throughout, the editors alert readers to established and ongoing research, and provide links to critical contributions by African and Caribbean dance experts. Contributors: Ausettua Amor Amenkum, Abby Carlozzo, Steven Cornelius, Yvonne Daniel, Charles “Chuck” Davis, Esailama G. A. Diouf, Indira Etwaroo, Habib Iddrisu, Julie B. Johnson, C. Kemal Nance, Halifu Osumare, Amaniyea Payne, William Serrano-Franklin, and Kariamu Welsh

International Directory of Music and Music Education Institutions

International Directory of Music and Music Education Institutions
Title International Directory of Music and Music Education Institutions PDF eBook
Author Graham Bartle
Publisher
Pages 710
Release 2000
Genre Music
ISBN

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Percussive Notes

Percussive Notes
Title Percussive Notes PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 512
Release 2008
Genre Music
ISBN

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