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While drumming dominates music in other African countries, this type of music dominates in Ethiopia.
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Vocal music.
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The religious group of the Coptic Monophysite Church of Ethiopia...
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use a 8-12 stringed harp known as a BAGANA which is related to the ancient Greek KITHIRA.
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The Afar people of Ethiopia...
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are CAMEL HERDERS who use simple flutes for sound effects for storytelling.
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The original inhabitants of Morocco who still inhabit the highlands...
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Berber.
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Arabic classical music came to Morocco...
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in 1492 when court musicians fled Spain after the fall of the Moorish Granada kingdom.
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The Tuaregs of Niger...
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have reversed the typical Arabic roles of the sexes. Men wear veils and are forbidden from playing musical instruments.
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Musicians of GAMBIA who were born into their trade and were regarded as the guardians of oral history...
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Griots or "praise singers."
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The population of Liberia includes...
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indigenous people and the descendants of repatriated Africans from America.
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The three pitched language of Liberia...
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Kpelle language.
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The music of the Dan of the Ivory Coast...
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is valued for its power to give strength and courage to people.
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Stilt dances of the Ivory Coast...
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are believed to help the growth of grasses, trees, and harvest plants.
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The Ewe from Ghana are known for their...
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sophisticated drumming.
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The cult which was imported from northern Ghana to combat witchcraft was the...
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Blekete Cult.
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In the possession dance in which Oango arrives...
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the first indication of his presence is a high-pitched scream emitted by the medium the instant she becomes possessed.
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An hourglass shaped instrument which is carried under one arm and produces a wide variety of pitches when squeezed...
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talking drum.
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Because the Kanyoka language of the Congo is tonal...
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drums are used to convey messages.
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The Bambala...
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prearranged tribunals in which each of the parties presents his argument accompanied by drums, a whistle, and a chorus of villagers is used to settle disputes.
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Harps, lyres, and zithers in Africa...
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were only occasionally used as solo instruments; they were usually used to accompany singers.
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The Tutsi of Rwanda...
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founded a feudal kingdom with absolute power in 1959. The dynastic drums of the royal court were symbols of their absolute power.
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Pygmies and Bushmen of southern Africa are regarded as...
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the original hunter/gathering inhabitants of Africa.
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Pygmies and Bushmen music
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mirrored their democratic social organization which avoided having any specific leader.
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The music the Mbuti of Zaire sang for outsiders was...
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highly structured and rhythmically a bit square.
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As slaves of the Tutsi the music and lifestyle of the Twa pygmies..
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has practically disappeared.
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The Bushmen of the Kalahari desert...
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were gradually driven into the desert by invaders.
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The Shona of Zimbabwe associate the mbira...
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with ancestral spirits who are attracted to the music and thus drawn down to earth for consultations.
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A bow whose single string is struck with a stick...
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shitende bow.
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