MUS 2382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Isicathamiya, Gamelan, Xylophone
28 Mar 2017
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M u s 2 3 8 2 : l e c t u r e 8. M o n d a y , m a r c h 2 0 , 2 0 1 7. Community over individuality: mining is another big industry in africa. Sub-saharan africa (includes senegal, nigeria): many speak an ethnic language. A f r i c a n b e l i e f s: community is social focus. A f r i c a n m u s i c p r i n c i p l e s by french, british, dutch, etc: modern politics. Strides to make a unified africa (african union), ongoing process. Second largest continent in the world: most common instruments are idiophones and membranophones. Arri val: ghana: oral tradition: not written, with exception of written music from european colonization. Slave trades: many african traditions brought over to carribean/south america.
