Sub-Saharan Music of Africa

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Music and Movies

 

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Michael B

 

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November 8, 2012

 

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University

 

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In the Mande example, the singer (jali) plays the kora. This would be a professional musician singing about a noble king or great deeds. They are hired as oral historians and were regarded with great respect, having a middle place in the extremely hierarchical society of the Mande, consisting of the kings and other slots below...
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In the Ewe example, the local norm of the social hierarchy is what forms the music making. Divisions with age, villages, and wards form the drumming ensembles as a main chief leads the ensemble, making the somewhat hierarchical nature of the society fit into the music. In the Ghanaian highlife example, keeps the rhythmic interlocking drum parts of traditional music, yet it incorporates guitar, bass, trumpet, trombone, and saxophone...
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