https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv en-us 2018-02-26 20:31:40 UTC 2018-03-05 16:28:45 UTC hello@padlet.com rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235621914 A Griot was a story teller in ancient West Africa.They told stories to others. They did poet, advisers, and Musicians.]]> 2018-02-26 20:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235621914 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622042 Folktales and myths serve as a means of handing down traditions and customs from one generation to the next in Africa.]]> 2018-02-26 20:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622042 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622162 In medieval times, written traditions also became important. In this section, we will look at the oral traditions and written traditions of West Africa.]]> 2018-02-26 20:36:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622162 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622306 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.]]> 2018-02-26 20:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622306 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622846 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]]> 2018-02-26 20:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235622846 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623084 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.]]> 2018-02-26 20:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623084 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623260 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.]]> 2018-02-26 20:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623260 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623667 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.]]> 2018-02-26 20:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623667 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623767 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.]]> 2018-02-26 20:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623767 rebeccamunoz_moreno722 https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623889 Africans are depicted on old pictures as naked people, walking around without any clothing. ]]> 2018-02-26 20:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccamunoz_moreno722/uuz07zp5rnuv/wish/235623889