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A Griot was a story teller in ancient West Africa.They told stories to others. They did poet, advisers, and Musicians.

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Folktales and myths serve as a means of handing down traditions and customs from one generation to the next in Africa.

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WEST AFRICAN FOLK TALES FULL AUDIOBOOK UNABRIDGED

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A collection of folk tales mostly centred around Anansi.

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In medieval times, written traditions also became important. In this section, we will look at the oral traditions and written traditions of West Africa.

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UPRISING ~ Prince Diabate, Modern day griot explains ancient storytelling tradition

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In Sub-Saharan African cultures, call and response is a pervasive pattern of democratic participationin public gatherings in the discussion of civic affairs, in religious rituals, as well as in vocal and instrumental musical expression.

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Evolution of Call and Response - A West African Tradition

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African musical instruments include a wide range of drums, slit gongs, rattles and double bells, different types of harps, and harp-like instruments such as the Kora and the ngoni, as well as fiddles, many kinds of xylophone and lamellophone such as the mbira, and different types of wind instrument like flutes

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Enjoy traditional African music instruments. African continent is famous for musical instruments. Some popular instruments are- 1. Kalimba 2. The Talking Drum 3. The Kora 4. The Balafon 5. Shekere 6. Djembe/Jembe 7. Udu 8. Marimba 9. Mbira 10. Algaita To discover more, visit :http://streamafrica.com/

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African drums hold a special place in the history of Africa. In Western Culture the idea of drumming is nearly always associated with entertainment or just to add to the musical quality of a song. In Africa, drums hold a deeper symbolic and historical meaning.

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African dance refers mainly to the dance of Sub-Saharan Africa, and more appropriately African dances because of the many cultural differences in musical and movement styles. These dances must be viewed in close connection with Sub-Saharan African music traditions and Bantu cultivation of rhythm.

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African Dance: MALI West African Dance, African Chants, Djembe Drums, "Danza" (Diansa, Dansa)

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to see more: http://michaelpluznick.com/2010/11/21/dununba-dance-and-drum-party-in-guinee-west-africa/ Dancers (Ami Doumbia left and Malodone right) from the award winning Santogoola community center and local group in the Sabaliboogoo district of Bamako chant traditional songs and perform traditional based dance choreography to the Danza rythym in Bamako Mali while accompanied by Aruna, Brulye, Siaka and Kaliefa, 4 different gerations of Mali drummers.

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African masks are considered amongst the finest creations in the art world and are highly sought after by art collectors. Many of the pieces some replica's, can be viewed in museums and art galleries in many parts of the world. Masking ceremonies in Africa have great cultural and traditional significance.

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Uploaded by africanmasksstories on 2012-04-19.

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Africans are depicted on old pictures as naked people, walking around without any clothing.

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Part of a 10th grade geography project. A short video made with photostory that gives information on Kente cloth from Ghana.

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Most African sculpture was historically in wood and other organic materials that have not survived from earlier than at most a few centuries ago; older pottery figures are found from a number of areas.

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Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa

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An introduction to the exhibition Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa. http://www.britishmuseum.org