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	Music of Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Africa is a large and diverse continent, consisting of dozens of countries, hundreds of languages and thousands of races, tribes and ethnic groups.
		African popular music includes an array of teen idols, boy bands and girl groups, as well as numerous practitioners of imported rock and roll, soul and hip hop.
		Highlife is a type of music that originated in Ghana and spread to other West African English-speaking countries near the end of the 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Africa (227 words)

	Music of North Africa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The broad region is sometimes called the (The region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia) Maghreb, and the term Maghrebian music is in use.
		Sephardic music is distinct to the (A Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent) Sephardic Jews, who live across North Africa and have brought their music to (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine) Israel, where many now live.
		Tunisia is best-known as the center for malouf, a derivative of the Andalusian music imported to North Africa in the 15th century.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/music_of_north_africa.htm (913 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - African Music
		A wide variety of vocal qualities are used in African music, and it is common for sound-producing objects, such as jingles, rattles, and membranes made of spiderweb, to be attached to instruments to produce a “sizzling” effect.
		The pioneers of African popular music were often migrant workers such as sailors, clerks, miners, and railway men drawn into the expanding colonial economies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		While popular music is associated with the cultural ferment of Africa’s cities, its influence can now be felt in even the most remote rural regions of the continent as a result of the spread of mass media and portable cassette players.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761560962__1/African_Music.html (2504 words)

	MSN Encarta - African Music
		A rich network of musical traditions has developed in Africa, a vast region of more than 50 nations, each with its own history and mixture of cultures and languages.
		For example, in the mbira music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, a repeated pattern is established by the interaction of various parts, and the musician develops an improvisation out of this core pattern.
		Clarinets from the savanna region of West Africa are made from guinea corn or sorghum stems, with a reed cut from the surface of the stem at one end.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761560962 (1312 words)

	Filmtracks: Africa (Alex North)
		While North remains a composer of interest for fans of modern film scores (like Herrmann, but not to the same extent), his score for Africa will likely alienate anyone who is accustomed to the harmonies of modern television and film scoring.
		North's music of this time, elaborated upon for a modern audience by Jerry Goldsmith for Planet of the Apes, is dissonant, tinny (even without issues of recording quality), atonal, and precussively abrasive.
		To my ears, many portions of the music are an enormous excercise in random noise, and while I understand and appreciate this style of film scoring which North was so fond of, I simply cannot tolerate it (in film or on album).
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/africa.html (784 words)

	Turath Theory of Arab Music by Ali Jihad Racy Maqam
		Music, or al-musiqa, a term that came from the Greek, emerged as a speculative discipline and as one of al-ulum al-riyadiyyah, or "the mathematical sciences," which paralleled the Quatrivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy) in the Latin West.
		The third major process affecting Arab music was the contact between the Islamic Near East and Europe at the time of the Crusades in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries and during the Islamic occupation of Spain (713-1492.) This contact had a widespread impact on both Islamic and European traditions.
		For example, the music of North Africa, primarily Morocco and Algeria, differs from the music of Egypt and the Levant in matters of intonation, modality, preference for certain musical instruments, and degree of exposure and retention of Andalusian musical influence.
	www.turath.org /ProfilesMenu.htm (3788 words)

	Swarthmore College Library: World Music - Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sanza music in the land of the Gbaya.
		Music of the Dendi, Nzakara, Banda-Linda, Gbaya, Banda-Dakpa, Ngbaka, Aka pygmies.
		H MCD 1171 Mandinka and Fulani music of the Gambia.
	www.swarthmore.edu /Library/underhill/Music/africa.html (661 words)

	Music of North Africa/West Asia
		Furthermore, North Africa and the south of West Asia (the countries of the Persian Gulf and Iran) are both noted for their undeniable borrowings from Black Africa.
		The suite is the form that imposed itself straight-away on the spirit of the music, and it has epitomized the characteristic genius of the art music extending from the Atlantic to the borders of the Himalayas.
		Through their intense power of expression, the aesthetics of all these forms of music have in common a concern for suspending time through phenomena of reiterative language and repetition that allow the music to advance while giving the impression of staying in place.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/arts/music/Worldmusic/westasia.htm (1417 words)

	putumayo.htm
		Africa is home to a myriad of styles, and it remains one of the most creative places for music on the planet.
		Africa and America are united on this revealing journey that traces the route of the blues.
		A musical reunion between the irresistible swing of Cuban son and the soul of West African salsa, Congo to Cuba is a memorable collection of Afro-Latin grooves.
	www.safarimuseum.com /museum_shop/CD_putumayo/putumayo.htm (761 words)

	Global Youth Connect - World Music from Putumayo for Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It uncovers a number of artists whose music has never been heard outside of their borders as well as voices who are just beginning to be featured on the international stage.
		North Africa is one of the most musically fertile regions of the world.
		A musical reunion between the irresistible swing of Cuban son and the soul of West African salsa, Putumayo's Congo to Cuba is a memorable collection of Afro-Latin grooves.
	www.globalyouthconnect.org /worldmusic.html (2367 words)

	Takfarinas, Amazigh Artist of Algeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He named it "Yal music" after the rhythmic vocalized syllable "yal...laaa yal...lalala," which is inseparable from Kabyle song, from children's music to the great songs of the past.
		Among the North African community in Europe, he is the prince of Kabyle, who uses his double-necked mandole and a powerful voice to deliver his message of love and universal understanding.
		Takfarinas's music is a fusion of traditional Amazigh melodies, American soul music, a pinch of flamenco, a funk and European rock flavor spiced with other musical elements of his native Algeria.
	amazighworld.net /music/kabylia/takfarinas/biographie.php (1005 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - African Music
		A rich network of musical traditions has developed in Africa, a vast region of more...
		Arab Music, music of the Arab nations of the Middle East and North Africa.
		The term worldbeat implies the new international popularity of syncretic, non-Western styles of pop music, as well as the excursions of Western...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /African_Music.html (127 words)

	Cairo to Casablanca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		North Africa has always been a source of fascination to people from other parts of the world, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood regions.
		Everyone from Emperors (Napoleon) to rock stars (The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin) have traveled to North Africa to explore and, in many cases, exploit the cultural and physical riches of this diverse and prolific region.
		While the terrain from Egypt to Morocco is arid and often barren, it supports one of the most musically fertile regions of the world.
	www.importu.com /enmu-pu143.html (162 words)

	Music Africa
		Jeliya, the art of the jeli, is the field of music most closely associated with the ruling Mandinka elite, but it is appreciated by all members of Manding culture.
		Jeliya can be chamber music, played in the open courtyard of a patron, or concert music, played in the halls or stadiums of large cities.
		Music for Africa, founded by Tom Toomey in 1999, raises money to put music into the lives of the children in Phokwane, South Africa.
	www.koramusic.com /1/music-africa.html (1313 words)

	Rachid Taha: Rock 'n' Rai by Richard Byrne - The Globalist > > Global Music
		Its foundation is the complex rhythms of North Africa and the Middle East.
		The 44-year-old Taha insists that his music is not rai — but, instead, a fusion of this regional music with harsher sounds of mainstream rock and punk and the energy modern dance music.
		The result is a music that does not merely translate the sounds of rai and other Middle Eastern musical forms to other audiences.
	www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=2646 (990 words)

	Lynch proposal
		Its stated goal is to features music which expresses “Les Hautes Lieux de l’Esprit,” and as such presents musicians from across the world who travel to Fès expressly to perform their sacred music in a festival context.
		This phenomenon is clearly visible with music, unique among sacred practices for its aesthetic appeal, and its ability—while not a universal language in the strict communicative sense—to cross cultural, geographical, religious, temporal and stylistic boundaries.
		Kurdjian draws a distinction between the liturgical and the sacred, yet removing sacred musics from their respective “specific places” raises additional questions, inquests which are particularly relevant and compelling in a North African Islamic context where the distinctions between sacred and secular are less clear.
	www.la.utexas.edu /research/mena/aims/samples/LynchAIMSPROP.htm (861 words)

	African Music - music from all over Africa
		From the vibrant, complex, vocal-based music of South Africa, and the globally acclaimed superstars from Senegal and Gambia, to the irresistible dance music of Congolese soukous, this is an essential African collection.
		Africa is a musical world unto itself, characterized roughly by an accentuated tradition of rhythm and community.
		From the progressive 1960s, when many of South Africa's finest musicians were forced into exile by the constraints of apartheid, to the modern era and the sound of the new 'rainbow nation', it also takes in the great jazz era of the 1950s.
	www.africaguide.com /shop/music.htm (3021 words)

	WorldViews: The Music of Africa
		There is the traditional music of drums (perhaps the predominant musical reference point in the minds of Westerners); there is the modern or popular music of Mali's Ali Farka Tour e, Nigeria's King Sunny Ade and his African Beats, and South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
		Graham's guides are organized by country (North African countries are not included), with a map, brief historical introduction, and overvie w of each country's traditional and modern musical heritage.
		African Music: A Pan-African Annotated Bibliography (Lems-Dworkin 1991) is noteworthy for its coverage of music from the entire continent of Africa, including its islands, as well as of African-influenced music of the Western Hemisphere.
	worldviews.igc.org /awpguide/music.html (1175 words)

	Morocco: Afropop Country -- North Africa, Berber music, shaabi, rai, Gnawa
		Despite territorial struggles and economic turmoil, Hassan II remained king of Morocco from 1955 until his death in 1999.
		Musically speaking, Morocco is best known for its fabulous wealth of traditional music.
		The Gnawa brotherhood preserve ancient spirit music with West African roots.
	www.afropop.org /explore/country_info/ID/14/Morocco (373 words)

	Rai Diffusion-Music from North Africa and the Middle East
		Music from North Africa and the Middle East
		It explores the interaction of excitingly different forms of musical expression such as the rhythms of sub-Saharan Africa, the hauntingly beautiful laments echoing in the valleys of the Atlas Mountains, the captivating melodies of Andalusian strings and the marvelous color of the Middle Eastern lute.
		Note: If you have an announcement relevant to North Africa or the Middle East you would like us to include in our show, send us email with the relevant information.
	raidiffusion.freeservers.com (267 words)

	PERCUSSION / NORTH AFRICA / BELLYDANCE EGYPT / HOSSAM RAMZY
		Dalinda’s music draws on various Bedouin influences from the Libyan, Moroccan and Algerian deserts incorporating some of the grooviest performances by top musicians from Egypt and the Middle East as well as Western recording artists.
		The music is a mixture of religious Arabic songs and African rhythms - ancient spiritual music with West African roots.
		Nour-Eddine presents music inspired by and close to the musical tradition of the Berbers of the Rif mountains in the north of Morocco.
	www.arcmusic.co.uk /english/e3.html (2860 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Africa North (Africa) [Compilation] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Designed as "a conduit to ecstasy," Africa North is an aural ascension into realms beyond the ordinary.
		From Moroccan Said Chraibi's elegantly orchestral "Andalusian Oud Music, Parts 1 & 2" to Mahmoud Fadl's Egyptian-tinged percussion on "Maqsoum" to the Sudanese and pan-African inflections of vocalist Setona, Africa North showcases the intermingling of cultures and sound born of the seventh-century Muslim invasions.
		They descend in spirit from a rich oral tradition from teacher to student and guru to disciple, bearing stamps of the musicians' forebears as well as their distinctly original signature noting this time of radical change in the face of tradition.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IIT3 (532 words)

	Speakers (World History and Culture-General) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These introductory remarks on non-Western systems of art and folk music include such topics as Islamic music from North Africa and the Middle East, the structure of the North Indian raga, the Indonesian gamelan and traditional music from Korea.
		From history to music, from the arts to the sciences, the unique ways in which a given people view their world are discovered in the stories that are central to their lives and culture.
		One of the unique contributions of folklore is its power to hold within it the nuances of a given culture and the global appeal of themes that have crossed the borders of many nations.
	nebraskahumanities.org /speakersIA.html (758 words)

	NLS: Instructional Music Cassettes: Folk Music
		Against a background of West African music, Nigerian composers Bela Shawanda and Solomon Lorie discuss the interaction of African and European music.
		Part 3: Recordings of the music, songs, and dances of the cafes of modern West Africa show how the primitive patterns and modern musical forms around the world blend in the current music of this region.
		A short lecture on the music and traditions of the Cajun people who came from Canada to settle in Louisiana during the eighteenth century.
	www.loc.gov /nls/music/instructional/folk.html (1715 words)

	NI on-line shop :: Australia :: Music - Arabic Groove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From the trendy bars of Barbés, the bustling neighborhood of Paris populated by immigrants from North and West Africa, to the cosmopolitan nightclubs of Cairo, Arab music is experiencing a transformation.
		Rooted in centuries-old musical traditions that are governed by long-established structures and instrumentation, the popular music of the Arab world has recently found inspiration and influence in the contemporary urban pop music of the West.
		In France, Arabic music is entrenched firmly in the mainstream.
	www.newint.com /catalog/arabgroove.htm (575 words)

	The Phat Planet World Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tinariwen was born in the Libyan barracks and grew outward, with initial appeal to Touareg youth from Morocco eastwards across Algeria, Libya & Mauritania.
		The basis of Tinariwen’s sound is in the traditional music of the Touareg which is dominated by the distinctive harsh & mesmeric melodies produced by the one-stringed Touareg violin.
		Lyrical themes concentrate on the Touareg’s armed struggle for existence and the exiles and injustices they suffer under the various North African régimes; their songs are very well-known across the whole of North Africa.
	thephatplanet.com /music.ihtml?pid=6881&step=4 (168 words)

	Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine: An introduction to the music and history of the North African Berbers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As music from North Africa and the Middle East has become more available internationally, the contributions of North Africa's first residents, the Berber, have been noticeably underrepresented.
		Politically motivated misinformation, or non-information, about Berber music emanating from these countries is certainly part of the explanation for the paucity of Berber music in the world music marketplace.
		Since this music requires anywhere from 20 to 150 participants, it is not easily portable and so rarely heard in the cities.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1197/is_1_47/ai_99118255 (1183 words)

	Africa: Arts & Culture: Music and Dance
		African Music Archive - An academic study of African music.
		AFROPOP - Contemporary music from Africa and the African diaspora.
		South African Music - African, Jazz, Hip Hop, Kwaito and Reggae Music from South Africa.
	www.clickafrique.com /arts/music.asp (373 words)

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