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	Music of West Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Africa is far-reaching, stretching from the Sahara Desert to the Atlantic Ocean.
		The region's musical heritage includes a wide variety of popular music styles, especially from the countries of Senegal, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria.
		In addition griots, wandering musicians and praise singers, are found throughout the region, and some musical instruments (like the kora and some kinds of drums) are found in many West African countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_West_Africa (167 words)

	West African Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		West Africa has produced a great diversity of harps, which are consistently uniform in certain respects.
		The rise of modern Mande music and of the electric guitar began with the independence of Guinea in 1958 when the new government launched a sweeping modernization policy in which European musical instruments (including electric guitars) were handed out, musicians were made civil servants, and a network of regional and national orchestras was established.
		The process of traditional musicians (jelis) embracing, Africanizing, and integrating the guitar into their music culture, and then using it to move their music into the international arena of popular dance music is the focus of this article.
	echarry.web.wesleyan.edu /Afmus.html (550 words)

	World and traditional music: Africa
		Over the next 15 years she developed the collection's holdings of African music, expanding the selection policy to include "popular" music and documenting the beginnings of the world music explosion from the mid-1980s.
		Her main areas of interest were West Africa - her own collection comprises field recordings made in The Gambia primarily - and Central Africa.
		These represent a valuable record of "African music abroad" and assist in the documentation of the world music boom that began in the mid-1980s and featured a great number of African performers now considered household names.
	www.bl.uk /collections/sound-archive/wtmafrica.html (1499 words)

	Africolor - Cobalt, urban music from West Africa and the Indian Ocean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Created in 1979 by three journalists from the French daily newspaper "Libération", among them Philippe Conrath, and relaunched in 1990 in the wake of the dynamic Africolor festival (Paris), Cobalt aims to reflect the variety of musical forms to be found in West Africa and in the Indian Ocean.
		Born in 1964, Faytinga joined the liberation struggle at the age of 14 in 1977 where she was given education and later became a soldier until liberation in 1991.
		She has always had an interest in music, but with her own personal style which she developed during her years « in the field ».
	www.africolor.com /english/index.htm (317 words)

	Films Media Group - Africa Come Back: The Popular Music of West Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Just as Africa has impacted the music of the Caribbean and the Americas, so has the New World reciprocated, strongly influencing the music of Africa.
		This program documents the history of the musical genre known as hi-life, from the sweet and melancholy sounds of palm wine guitar, to the plangent harmonies of nnwonkoro and the fierce polyrhythms of kpanlogo, to hi-life’s contemporary place in world music.
		This program analyzes the diverse forms of Caribbean popular music, tracking their roots to the traditional music of island nations such as Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.
	films.com /id/434/Africa_Come_Back_The_Popular_Music_of_West_Africa.htm (363 words)

	Amazon.com: Music in West Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (Global Music Series): Books: Ruth M. Stone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Music in West Africa is one of several case-study volumes that can be used along with Thinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series.
		Music in West Africa presents fundamental style concepts of West African music using a focused case study of performance in Liberia, West Africa, among the Kpelle people.
		Music in West Africa is enhanced by eyewitness accounts of local performances, interviews with key performers, and vivid illustrations.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0195145003?v=glance (1285 words)

	Rykodisc Catalog - The Arthur S. Alberts Collection: More Tribal, Folk, and Cafe Music of West Africa - The Endangered ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		While most recordists of the day tried only to find and capture tribal music untouched by western influences, Alberts was interested in broadly documenting African music of every type.
		This included popular music found in clubs and cafés, sacred and ritual songs, work songs, and school children’s chants.
		A companion to and extension of the Field Recordings and Riverside labels’ release Tribal, Folk, and Café Music of West Africa, this anthology, with all its rich and varied styles of singing, percussion, hand-claps and other instruments, highlights the depth and diversity of West African music.
	www.rykodisc.com /Catalog/dump/rykoalbums_852.asp (208 words)

	FOLK F609 24912 Ritual Music in West Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ritual Music in West Africa: Ritual serves as an experimental arena through which people both situate themselves in relationship to their pasts and give birth to new possibilities.
		Music frequently plays a central role in ritual performance.
		This course will explore uses of and ideas about music in ritual contexts--especially religious ritual contexts--in West Africa.
	www.indiana.edu /~deanfac/blspr06/folk/folk_f609_24912.html (103 words)

	Music In West Africa - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
		Music and Culture of West Africa: The Straus Expedition
		Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination: South Africa and the West
		Music throbs throughout the cultural heritage of West Africa, inspiring the work of Ghanaian artist Godwin Adjei Sowah.
	www.nextag.com /music-in-west-africa/search-html (156 words)

	The Rock Radio: Robert Plant music helps West Africa
		Robert Plant is glad that proceeds from some live music he's just released are going to help African tribesmen.
		The official robertplant.com website has a four-song live EP that he recorded with his band the Strange Sensation on June 9th in Paris, and money from the sales goes to the Turtle Will organization, which helps people in Ethiopia, Mali, and Niger.
		But the thing is that on a daily basis in West Africa, the situation is spiraling into greater suffering...it was just so evident that there was so much helplessness and the governments were so poor in the first place, the countries are so needy and the people are very, very needy."
	www.therockradio.com /2005/08/robert-plant-music-helps-west-africa.html (266 words)

	BBC - Music / Features - Echoes of Africa, West Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Try the Profiles A-Z page where you can find artists by A-Z (listed by surname or group name) or by genre of music.
		Music: for all the latest happenings in the world of music
		More Music: delving a little deeper into the world around music
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/features/africa/windex.shtml (149 words)

	Music of West Africa; Author: Wiggins, Trevor; Book; Audio cassette; Music; Wallchart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Music of West Africa; Author: Wiggins, Trevor; Book; Audio cassette; Music; Wallchart
		Suitable for any music course for pupils aged from 14 to 16, this is one of four resource packs which can also provide support for the 11-14 age-range, and especially for Key Stage 3 in England and Wales.
		This pack aims to extend students' understanding and appreciation of music in West Africa.
	www.netstoreusa.com /abbooks/043/0435810103.shtml (193 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music in West Africa: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This book introduces the musical traditions of West Africa and discusses the diversity, motifs, and structure of West African music within the larger patterns of the region's culture.
		Drawing upon the author's extensive fieldwork, it explores how the music's complex rhythmic combinations in fast-paced patterns and quick, tightly orchestrated movements influence how West Africans understand themselves and their culture.
		Subjects > Entertainment > Music > Musical Genres > Ethnic & International > General
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0195144996 (281 words)

	BBC - Music / Features - Echoes of Africa, South West Africa Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BBC - Music / Features - Echoes of Africa, South West Africa Index
		There are close links between the sounds of Angola with the music of Latin America and the Caribbean.
		Instruments such as the musical bow and friction drum have developed into the berimbau and puita, so intrinsic to Brazilian music.
	www.bbc.co.uk /music/features/africa/swindex.shtml (155 words)

	WNYC - New Sounds: Music from West Africa (May 01, 2006)
		There’s music from West Africa on this edition of New Sounds.
		Plus, hear the latest record from the legendary balafon master Keletigui Diabate, S"andiya." It's a gorgeous collection of music for mallets, solo and accompanied by kora, guitar, flutes and percussion, which features guest artists Habib Koite, Toumani Diabate, among others.
		A weeklong on-air music festival designed to help you create the classical music library of your dreams.
	www.wnyc.org /shows/newsounds/episodes/2006/05/01 (180 words)

	Cora Connection: The Manding Music Traditions of West Africa
		This is the music that other musicians and critical listeners are taking about.
		The polyrhythmic nature of the kora is an integral element of the heart and soul of West African music.
		Discover a world of traditional African musical instruments, the musicians who play them, and the countries they live in.
	www.coraconnection.com (417 words)

	Early Guitar Music From West Africa 1927-29 CD () - SHOP.COM
		Early Guitar Music From West Africa 1927-29 CD () - SHOP.COM
		Early Guitar Music From West Africa 1927-29 CD ()
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	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p40934939 (202 words)

	Exploring the Music of West Africa \| New Hampshire Public Radio
		He?s studied African music and drumming with masters here and in Africa.
		His goal is to promote cultural diversity and understanding through an organization he founded called Black Bear Moon.
		We also hear an essay form Marie Harris about time she spent in Africa.
	www.nhpr.org /node/5200 (101 words)

	West Africa Music News - Music Industry Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		in support of music education; donations of instruments will be accepted.
		United States and became pioneers in Liberia, West Africa.
		Late Songwriter to Be Inducted to Country Music Hall of Fame
	music.einnews.com /WestAfrica (1251 words)

	Amazon.com: Togo: Music From West Africa: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Amazon.com: Togo: Music From West Africa: Music: Various Artists
		Buy the sheet music for Various at Sheet Music Plus.
		Shop for As Seen on TV music compilations, videos titles, and more at Musicspace.com.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000037Z?v=glance (298 words)

	West Africa Drum, Chant & Instrumental Music on Rhapsody
		West Africa Drum, Chant & Instrumental Music on Rhapsody
		Home > West Africa Drum, Chant and Instrumental Music
		West Africa Drum, Chant and Instrumental Music Feeds
	www.rhapsody.com /album?albumId=9057686 (26 words)

	Kora Melodies: Music from Gambia, West Africa - zonExplorer
		The moods vary, from festive rollicking, through booming rhythms,to eerie melodies.
		Like Kottke, without witnessing a performance, it's hard to believe only one man is making such a surplus of music.
		It was said that even the despotic ruler of Guinea shed tears at the death of Alhaji Bai Konte.
	www.celtic-one-design.com /php/B00000037W.htm (265 words)

	Music from West Africa
		This page is reserved for artists from West Africa who do not have the financial means to develop their own Internet site.
		We hope to welcome many musicians and groups on this page, free of charge.
		Contemporary, modern and ancient music from West Africa.
	us-africa.tripod.com /art/music.html (44 words)

	Find in a Library: Africa come back the popular music of West Africa
		Find in a Library: Africa come back the popular music of West Africa
		To find this item in a library, enter a postal code, state, province, or country in the field above.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/05716617ea0be360a19afeb4da09e526.html (82 words)

	U2 Feedback - Music discovery in West Africa
		He's a Malian musician that my friends were raving about, so we went to see him perform last week and I was totally blown away.
		The Interference Bang and the Clatter music blog
		Good Lord, Che and I just spent 5 hours picking out our wedding music...
	forum.interference.com /t85537.html (435 words)

	World Music Store/Multicultural Media
		Traditional and contemporary world music compact discs, videos and DVDs!
		The #1 choice for educators and educational institutions around the world, as well as for world music fans.
		Also, in some cases, items go out of print and we are never informed.
	www.worldmusicstore.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=8143 (317 words)

	Tower Records - Jaliyaa Storytelling: Stories & Music of West Africa - Storyteller Asha's Baba
		Tower Records - Jaliyaa Storytelling: Stories & Music of West Africa - Storyteller Asha's Baba
		Storyteller Asha's Baba is a practitioner of the ancient West African Bardic Tradition, Jaliyaa.
		Jaliyaa, as an art form, encompasses a broad range of creative disciplines: the telling of tales, recitation of epic and heroic poems, singing and study of traditional songs.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=2844276 (229 words)

	OUP: UK General Catalogue
		Overlapping Call and Response: Musical Dramatic Folktale (Chante Fable); Epic Performance
		Ruth M. Stone, Professor at Folklore Institute and African Studies; and Adjunct Professor, School of Music, Indiana University
		The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled.
	www.oup.com /uk/catalogue/?ci=9780195145007 (230 words)

	West Africa : Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		Cora Connection provides information on the folk music traditions of West Africa.
		Cora Connection sells hard to find recordings, professional quality instruments and offers educational workshops.
	www.afromix.org /html/musique/pays/afrique_ouest/index.en.html (42 words)

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