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	Nigerian Music
		Traditional music from Nigeria is almost always functional; that is, performed to mark a ritual such as a wedding or funeral, and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.
		The most common format for music in Nigeria is a call-and-response choir, in which a lead singer and a chorus interchange verses, sometimes accompanied by instruments which either shadow the lead text or repeat and ostinato vocal phrase.
		The Hausa of the north are known for complexly percussive music and the one-stringed goje fiddle, as well as a praise song vocal tradition.
	www.nigeria-planet.com /Nigerian-Music.html (2881 words)

	Hausa - Encyclopedia.com
		Hausa or Haussa, fl African ethnic group, numbering about 23 million, chiefly in N Nigeria and S Niger.
		Matan bariki, `women of the barracks' Muslim Hausa women in an urban neighbourhood in northern Nigeria.
		Safo, home to 3,500 members of "The Hausa" tribe, was once a land of forest, wild animals, and plentiful food.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Hausa.html (488 words)

	African Music
		Daily music includes all types of children's songs and game music, lullabies, songs to accompany tedious chores or to synchronize work, songs for personal enjoyment, and many types of music designed primarily for mass entertainment, such as social dances or dramatic performances staged by traveling troupes.
		Festive music is closely linked to special events in the human life cycle, such as births, initiations, weddings, and funerals, and to special national, religious, and agricultural events.
		Vocal-instrumental combinations are as common as purely instrumental music, and in all types of music a predilection for the combination of melodic and rhythmic sounds is apparent.
	www.indiamusicinfo.com /new/music/african.html (1796 words)

	World Music Discovery - The George Sherman Dickinson Music Librarys
		The music of Ethiopia : Azmari music of the Amharas.
		Music from the Tausug of Sulu : Moslems of the Southern Philippines.
		The Jasmine isle : music of the Javanese gamelan.
	musiclibrary.vassar.edu /WorldMusic.html (5319 words)

	Amazon.com: Hausa: Music
		Music Deals: Over 3,500 CDs Under $10Find over 3,500 CDs under $10--some as low as $5.99--in Music Deals.
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	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Hausa&index=music&page=1 (106 words)

	North meets North (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Music in Hausa culture is not only seen as a means of livelihood, it is also an expression of a whole people’s experiences.
		Music has continuously played an important role in shaping social relationships in Hausa land; it embodies the people’s aspirations and expectations.
		This unique music is the culture and as such is a gateway to knowledge about a changing society, family life, religion, politics and so on.
	www.britishcouncil.org /nigeria-society-connectingfutures-northmeetsnorth.htm (353 words)

	..:: Official website of the Nigeria Music Awards ::..
		Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is almost always functional; in other words, it is performed to mark a ritual such as a birth, wedding or funeral and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.
		The most common format for music in Nigeria is the call-and-response choir, in which a lead singer and a chorus interchange verses, sometimes accompanied by instruments that either shadow the lead text or repeat and ostinato vocal phrase.
		Juju came to mean common, unsophisticated music, an exciting fusion of Western pop, Latin American rhythms and traditional African music and praise poetry that incorporates electric guitars and synthesizers with such indigenous instruments as talking drums.
	www.nigeriamusicawards.com /nigerian-music.htm (818 words)

	Civilization.ca - Oracle - Music of the World (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Music occupies an important social and cultural function in societies around the world.
		In addition to occasions of simple celebration, the traditional music of the Sénoufo is performed according to a calendar of agricultural rites, as well as ceremonies marking stages of life, such as birth or death.
		It constitutes the ancient royal music of Hausa countries, and its task is to perform the genealogical repertoire which retraces the story of a chieftainship.
	www.civilization.ca /educat/oracle/modules/cbegin/page01_e.html (749 words)

	Banjo Ancestors: West African Folk & Artisan Lutes
		Related artisan lutes are played by non-griot traditional musical artisans-- that is, professional/semi-professional musicians and praise-singers who are not members of a griot family, and/or belong to a people which does not have a griot caste and tradition.
		To be sure, there are some similarities between the griots and the Hausa musical artisans in terms of the role of their music in their respective societies and the fact that the callings of both these groups are hereditary.
		Likewise, while musical artisans are considered to be in the lowest rung of the traditional Hausa social order, maka'da and maroka are not "untouchables" and social pariahs in the same way that griots are in their own peoples' traditional societies.
	www.shlomomusic.com /banjoancestors_folklutes.htm (1196 words)

	Hausa - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Hausa, name of an African people of north-western Nigeria and south-western Niger.
		The Hausa are an ethnically diverse but culturally fairly...
		To the east of Songhai, between the Niger River and Lake Chad, the Hausa city-states and the Kanem-Bornu Empire emerged.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Hausa.html (143 words)

	Music of Nigeria at AllExperts
		Music is closely linked to agriculture, and there are restrictions on, for example, which instruments can be played during different parts of the growing season.
		The most common format for music in Nigeria is the call-and-response choir, in which a lead singer and a chorus interchange verses, sometimes accompanied by instruments that either shadow the lead text or repeat and ostinato vocal phrase.
		The Hausa of the north are known for complex percussive music, the one-stringed goje fiddle, and a strong praise song vocal tradition.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mu/music_of_nigeria.htm (5719 words)

	Hausa music Information
		The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
		Ceremonial music (rokon fada) is performed as a status symbol, and musicians are generally chosen for political reasons as opposed to musical ones.
		The Hausa bòòríí cult is especially well-known outside of the country, and has been brought as far north as Tripoli, Libya by trans-Saharan trade.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Hausa_music (333 words)

	Hausa at UCLA
		Hausa is used as the language of instruction at the elementary level in schools in northern Nigeria, and Hausa is available as course of study in northern Nigerian universities.
		Hausa's rich poetic, prose, and musical literature, more and more of which is now available in print and in audio and video recordings, makes it a rewarding area of study for those who reach an advanced level.
		Hausa classes beyond the second year are structured to fit the interests and abilities of the students.
	www.humnet.ucla.edu /humnet/aflang/Hausa%20Class%20Page/hausa_class_home.html (1007 words)

	Hausa Traditional Music - Nigeria Arts.net - Home of Nigerian Arts on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Hausa represent one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria.
		Based primarily in the Northern states of Nigeria the largest populations of Hausa are centered around the ancient City States of Kano, Zaria and Sokoto.
		Hausa music and culture are highly diverse and many dynamic musical instruments, such as Kakaki (brass trumpet) goge (1 or 2 string fiddle) molo (3 string lute) are used to accompany the primarily vocal based music.
	www.nigeria-arts.net /Music/Hausa (86 words)

	Traditional Hausa Music of Nigeria - Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		The culture of the Hausa people of Nigeria has been greatly influenced by Islamic religious practices.
		A blending of the Arabic scale and free-rhythm improvisation with West African polyrhythmic drumming and call-and-response vocal and instrumental techniques has created a rich music tradition in Nigeria.
		Performing on a goge, a one-stringed bowed lute with a gourd sound chamber, this Hausa group explores the call-and-response technique between the goge, vocalists, and drummers.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461531580/Traditional_Hausa_Music_of_Nigeria.html (127 words)

	World Music Discography
		Music, mostly instrumental, of the Linda and Dakpa subgroups of the Banda people.
		Sung in the language of the Fodonon, a subgroup of the Senufo, of West Africa.
		Sudan : music of the Blue Nile Province : the Ingessana and Berta tribes = Soudan : musique de la province du Nil Bleu : tribus des Ingessana et des Berta.
	libweb.uoregon.edu /music/Discographies/worlddisco/worldiscoaf.html (766 words)

	Dorson Prize Paper
		Every musical tradition exists in relationship with the cultural background of worldview, customs, traditions, and values of the people who perform it and are informed by it, as well as by their history and by their present circumstances.
		Music and faith therefore play significant roles in the self-definition and self-conception of the group and its members --that is, how the group speaks to itself about itself: how it considers itself to be constituted, what it means to be a member of the group, and what place the group has in the larger world.
		Music is not the only means for a group to address issues of identity, nor for an individual to respond to his or her personal identity in connection with the group.
	www.billabbie.com /abracapokey/folklore/dorson.htm (3370 words)

	the gyil and other writings
		At the center of their music is the gyil (pronounced approximately Jee-Lee), an eleven, thirteen, or sixteen barred instrument which sounds somewhat like the marimba.
		I undertook research of Dagari music in the upper west region of Ghana in 1988, 89' and again in 91' from masters Newin Baaru and Richard Nai-le under the auspices of the Arts Council of Ghana and Paramount Chief Karboo II.
		For example, "Kpanlogo" itself an international style, originally for drum ensemble and voices; and the Hausa music of Nigeria, was originally for drums and voices too.
	www.mandaramusic.com /writings/Oct92percnotesdagari.html (1220 words)

	Hausas and Islam as (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The recent banning of the public performance of Hausa music and other forms of cultural expression in Hausaland because they are "un-Islamic" is an act of hostility against Hausa culture.
		This hideous form of politics robs Hausas of their sense of ethno-national pride and is responsible for the observable cultural immobility in Hausaland, to which characteristic social phenomena such as street begging in the region are attributable.
		Hausa mind reclamation is a critical prerequisite for peace in Nigeria, and this must begin with the de-monopolization of Fulani control over the media information consumed by the general masses of illiterate Hausas and other related peoples, both in the North and South.
	www.nigerdeltacongress.com /harticles/hausas_and_islam_as.htm (1711 words)

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		Hausa is spoken as a first language by as many as 50 million Africans.
		Hausa are concentrated primarily in Northern Nigeria (perhaps 40 million) and Niger.
		Indeed, the varieties of Hausa are at least as mutually comprehensible as the varieties of English.
	gumel.com /english-main.htm (236 words)

	20b listening examples (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The musical excerpt accompanies the so-called horon, a typical dance of the Turkish fisherman from the eastern shore of the Black Sea.
		Note the exuberant tempo of the music, the relative complexity of the meter and the accentuation, and the peculiar texture created by the frequent use of parallel fourths on the strings of the kemence.
		Kete, the music of the royal courts of the Asante, consists of a drum ensemble which may be preceded by a vocal chorus and flute ensemble.
	www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu /courses/20b/listening.htm (11720 words)

	hausa - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Hausa : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		HAUSA : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
		Phrases that include hausa: hausa language, hausa federation, hausa music, hausa potato, hausa swadesh list
	www.onelook.com /?w=hausa (174 words)

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		Someone who listens to the music of the Hausa people of northern Nigeria would find elements of both.
		One web site article, entitled, "Traditional Hausa Music of Nigeria," describes their music as a blending of the Arabic scale with West African drumming and call-and-response vocal and instrumental techniques.
		The Hausa people have been heavily influenced by Arab Muslims, both in their musical style, and in their religious practices.
	www.global-prayer-digest.org /dailydata/getdaily.asp?which=chosenday&whichyear=2005&whichmonth=6&whichday=4 (367 words)

	Tony Bingham - Books - Flutes
		Glossary of Hausa Music and its Social Context 1971.
		The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan 1891.
		Music Cultures of the Pacific, the Near East and Asia 1967.
	www.oldmusicalinstruments.co.uk /books/book_list.php?cat=ET (1652 words)

	Dan Maraya - Nigeria Arts.net - Home of Nigerian Arts on the Internet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By 1967 when the Nigerian Civil War broke-out, Dan Maraya's music had become so prominent that he was taken to the battle field to lift the spirit of the Federal Troops with his music until the end of the war.
		Waxing stronger on the traditional music scene, Dan Maraya acquired the reputation of a custodian of Hausa culture and tradition.
		He said he stopped recording as pirates have infiltrated the music industry, thereby making the average musician find it difficult to make profit.
	www.nigeria-arts.net /Music/Hausa/Dan_Maraya (557 words)

	Online Forums! :: View topic - Should the latest hausa music exisit? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The new Hausa music does not fall into any category above because their music is a new type that came to light some few years ago (7-10 yrs) and also the music has mostly the touch of the electronic keyboard instead of the traditional Hausa instruments.
		Some might say that because of these facts that the new Hausa music is not traditional or it is not even Hausa at all.
		So instead of condemning the wave of Hausa music, we should instead put hands together to re-integrate the original Hausa traditional songs and music into the new/modern Hausa songs or vice-versa.
	www.hausafulani.com /phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=661&view=next (559 words)

	Marshall University Libraries - Music Research Guide
		Provides a refereed forum for scholarly studies of the musical cultures of the seventeenth century including historical and archival studies, performance practice, music theory, aesthetics, dance and theater.
		Musical instruments provides information and links about all categories of musical instruments from around the world.
		To search for music of a particular country, use the Keyword option on MILES by entering "music" as one of the terms, and the name of the country as another of the terms.
	www.marshall.edu /library/guides/music.asp (4284 words)

	Alibris: Hausa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hausa is spoken by some 35 million people as a first language and approximately 15 million more as a second language.
		The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, with populations in Nigeria, Niger, and Ghana.
		Dr Polly Hill's latest book is at once an examination of the socio-economic life of a small Hausa village and a study of the way of life of the rural Hausa generally.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Hausa (714 words)

	Kano Online - Reviews
		If you were familiar with the peculiarities of Kano, Nigeria, you would easily recognize how this home video seemed to fit into the more bizarre events in Kano during the Governor Rimi era, when the son of one of the richest and most powerful families in Kano murdered his utterly beautiful wife.
		It is a modern Hausa story " steeped in realistic plot elements " liberally spiced with Hollywood imagery and props.
		BABBAN GIDA is also a tale of arrogance, and in a surprising turn of sensitive character development, Hajara Usman exhibited a powerful performance as the matriarch of the Babban Gida, full of characteristic arrogance of the super-rich.
	www.kanoonline.com /publications/hv_reviews_babban_gida.html (1810 words)

	EthnoNe - Musique haoussa - Bibliographie
		- "Trance and music in the Hausa Boorii spirit possession cult in Niger", Ethnomusicology 26 (1): 49-58.
		- "Hausa Music" in: SADIE Stanley (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of music and musicians, vol.
		- "The Shantu music of the harims of Nigeria", African Music 1, 2: 56-7.
	www.unine.ch /ethno/biblio/2001borelhaoussa.html (527 words)

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